Claiborne Foster

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Claiborne Foster
File:Claiborne Foster 1929.png
Foster in "Gypsy" c. 1929
Born
Claiborne Foster Comegys

(1896-04-15)April 15, 1896
Shreveport, Louisiana
DiedFebruary 21, 1981(1981-02-21) (aged 84)
Fort Myers, Florida
Other namesClaiborne Foster Cresap, Claiborne Foster Rice, Claiborne Foster Foulds
OccupationActress

Claiborne Foster (April 15, 1896 – February 21, 1981) was an American stage actress, born Claiborne Foster Comegys.

Early life

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Claiborne Foster Comegys was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of Thomas McLoyd Comegys and Mary Elinor "Nell" Foster Comegys. Her father was a dentist. Her aunt was the sufraggette Lucille Foster McMillin, and her uncle was diplomat Benton McMillin.[1] Her older sister Kathleen Foster Comegys (1893–1984) was also an actress.[2][3]

Career

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A young white woman, arms overhead as if to catch the ball just beyond her fingertips. She is wearing a dark jersey one-piece dress-like bathingsuit with white piping and a belt with tassles. She is also wearing ballet-style slippers, and a cap.
Claiborne Foster modeling a bathing suit in a 1921 publication.

Foster's Broadway and other major stage credits included roles in The Blue Bird (1910), Romance (1913),[4] Miss Daisy (1914),[5] A Full House (1914),[6] Cousin Lucy (1915), Abe and Mawruss (1915–1916),[7] The Girl in the Limousine (1919–1920), Ladies' Night (1920–1921), Two Fellows and a Girl (1923),[8] Applesauce (1924), The Lady Killer (1924), Cheaper to Marry (1924), The Patsy (1925),[9][10] Sinner (1927), Trigger (1927),[11] Eva the Fifth (1928),[12] Gypsy (1929),[13] Other Men's Wives (1929),[14] Blind Mice (1930), A Widow in Green (1931),[15][16] And Shadows Fall (1945),[17] Dearly Beloved, Mr. Sycamore,[18] and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1956).[19] She also wrote the Broadway shows On the Wing and Pretty Little Parlor (1944).[20]

In 1936, Foster survived a fatal plane crash in Trinidad.[21] After she retired from the stage, Foster produced a program at WINK-TV in Fort Myers, Florida.[22]

Personal life

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In 1915, Claiborne Foster married naval lieutenant James McDowell Cresap.[1] He died in the 1918 influenza pandemic.[23] Her second husband was Maxwell Jay Rice, an airline executive.[24] They married in 1932, and moved to Rio de Janeiro;[18] she was widowed a second time when Rice died in 1943.[25] Her third husband was Ned F. Foulds. She was widowed a third time when Foulds died in 1978.[26] She died in 1981, aged 84 years, in Fort Myers.[22]

References

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