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LOS ANGELES – OCT 20: Foster at the Special Screening of “31” at London Hotel on October 20, 2016 in West Hollywood, CA, kathclick/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Margaret Foster
Place of Birth: Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 10, 1948
Ethnicity: * father – Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English, small amount of German * mother – English
Meg Foster is an American actress. Often appearing in horror and sci-fi features, her roles include the films Carny , Ticket to Heaven , The Osterman Weekend , The Emerald Forest , The Wind (1986), Masters of the Universe , They Live , Leviathan , Blind Fury , Relentless (1989), and its sequel; Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy , Project Shadowchaser , Best of the Best 2 , Shrunken Heads , Oblivion (1994), and its sequel; Space Marines , The Minus Man , The Lords of Salem , 31 , Three Days in August , Jeepers Creepers 3 , Overlord , and There’s No Such Thing as Vampires ; the made-for-tv movie The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1980), and the mini-series The Scarlet Letter (1979). She is known for her piercing light-blue eyes.
Meg is the daughter of Nancy and David Foster. She was partly raised in Rowayton, Connecticut. She has a son with her former partner, actor Ron Starr.
Meg’s paternal grandfather was David Gray Foster (the daughter of Dr. Walter Ross Foster and Rachael Gray). David was born in Pennsylvania, and was of mostly Scots-Irish/Northern Irish descent. Walter was the son of David Foster, whose parents were from Northern Ireland; and of Elizabeth Ross. Rachael was the daughter of Joseph Hughey Gray and Mary Kuhn.
Meg’s paternal grandmother was Margaret E. Wilson (the daughter of George W. Wilson and Margaret Jane Neel). Meg’s grandmother Margaret was born in Pennsylvania. George was the son of Samuel Wilson and Nancy Ann Tedrow, whose own mother was from Ireland.
Meg’s maternal grandfather was Percy Adamson (the son of James Adamson and Eliza Ann Holding). Percy was an English emigrant, from Adlington, Cheshire. Eliza was from Lancashire, the daughter of Seth Holding and Elizabeth Crook.
Meg’s maternal grandmother was Lillian Dutton (the daughter of Thomas Andrew Dutton and Hannah Brough). Lillian was an English emigrant, from Horwich, Lancashire. Thomas was the son of Thomas Dutton and Esther Peak. Hannah was the daughter of William Brough and Mary Stagg.