Meg Foster is an American actress best known for her roles in the TV miniseries version of The Scarlet Letter, Ticket to Heaven, The Osterman Weekend, and They Live. She played Carla Grunwald, a recurring character, on ABC Family's Ravenswood as well as appearing in the same role in a few episodes of Pretty Little Liars as of Season 4 .
Biography
Foster was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York.
She played Detective Christine Cagney for six episodes of the first season of Cagney & Lacey until she was replaced by Sharon Gless. Allegedly, CBS was unhappy with her performance, thinking that her playing a strong woman would make viewers think the character was a lesbian.
Throughout the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, she has guest starred in countless TV shows including two episodes of Hawaii Five-O (1973 & 1976), The Six Million Dollar Man season two episode "Straight on 'till Morning" (1974) Three for the Road (1975), and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season four episode "The Muse" (1996). Other popular TV shows she has appeared in include Bonanza; The Twilight Zone; Barnaby Jones; Murder; She Wrote; Miami Vice; The Cosby Show; Quantum Leap; ER; and Xena: Warrior Princess. She is also well known for playing the villainous Evil-Lyn in the big screen version of Masters of the Universe and the Greek goddess Hera in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.
Since the 1990s, she has acted mainly in stage productions, including "King Lear" and "Barabbas". She was previously married to Canadian actor Stephen McHattie. When not acting, Foster breeds horses at her ranch located in northwestern Washington state.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1970 | Adam at Six A.M. | Joyce | |
1971 | The Todd Killings | ||
1972 | Thumb Tripping | Shay | |
1974 | Welcome to Arrow Beach | Robbin Stanley | |
1978 | A Different Story | Stella Cooke | |
1980 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Katrina Van Tassel | |
1980 | Carny | Gerta | |
1981 | Ticket to Heaven | Ingrid | |
1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Ali Tanner | |
1985 | The Emerald Forest | Jean Markham | |
1986 | The Wind (aka Edge of Terror) | Sian Anderson | |
1987 | Masters of the Universe | Evil-Lyn | |
1988 | Riding Fast | Sara | |
1988 | They Live | Holly Thompson | |
1989 | Leviathan | Ms. Martin | |
1989 | Relentless | Carol Dietz | |
1989 | Blind Fury | Lynn Devereaux | |
1989 | Stepfather II | Carol Grayland | |
1990 | Tripwire | Julia | |
1990 | Jezebel's Kiss | Amanda Faberson | |
1990 | Back Stab | Sara Rudnick | |
1991 | Diplomatic Immunity | Gerta Hermann | |
1991 | Future Kick | Nancy | |
1993 | Hidden Fears | Maureen Dietz | |
1993 | Best of the Best 2 | Sue MacCauley | |
1994 | Oblivion | Stell Barr | |
1994 | Shrunken Heads | Big Moe | |
1994 | Immortal Combat | Quinn | |
1994 | Lady in Waiting | Carrie | |
1995 | The Killers Within | Laura Seaton | |
1995 | Undercover Heat | Mrs. V | |
1996 | Oblivion 2: Backlash | Stell Barr | |
1997 | Space Marines | Cmdr. Lasser | |
1998 | Lost Valley | Mary-Ann Compton | |
1998 | The Man in the Iron Mask[4] | Queen Anne d'Autriche | |
1998 | Spoiler | Woman #1 | |
1999 | The Minus Man | Irene | |
2003 | Being with Eddie | Elinor | Short film |
2004 | Coming Up Easy | Mom | |
2011 | 25 Hill | Audrey Gibbs | |
2011 | Sebastian | Gloria | Completed |
2012 | The Lords of Salem | Margaret Morgan |
2015
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1969 | NET Playhouse | Praxithia | Episode: "The Prodigal" |
1970 | Here Come the Brides | Callie Marsh | Episode: "Two Worlds" |
1970 | The Interns | Sharon | Episode: "Eyes of the Beholder" |
1970 | Mod Squad | Cora | Episode: "Who Are the Keepers, Who Are the Inmates?" |
1971 | Mod Squad | Carolyn | Episode: "Death of a Nobody" |
1971 | Men at Law | Barbara Millett | Episode: "Hostage" |
1971 | Bonanza | Mrs. Evangeline Woodtree | Episode: "The Silent Killer" |
1971 | Dan August | Em Jackson | Episode: "The Titan" Episode: "Bullet for a Hero" |
1971 | The Death of Me Yet | Alice | TV movie |
1971 | The F.B.I. | Marcy Brown | Episode: "The Recruiter" |
1972 | The F.B.I. | Marcy Brown | Episode: "A Second Life" |
1972 | Young Dr. Kildare | Rebecca | Episode: "The Legacy" |
1972 | The Sixth Sense | Carey Evers | Episode: "Gallows in the Wind" |
1972 | Mannix | Sheila | Episode: "A Game of Shadows" |
1972 | Medical Center | Carol McKinnon | Episode: "Conflict" |
1972 | Circle of Fear | Julie Barnes | Episode: "At the Cradle Foot" |
1973 | Circle of Fear | Penny Wiseman | Episode: "Spare Parts" |
1973 | Cannon | Linda Morrow | Episode: "Come Watch Me Die" |
1973 | Barnaby Jones | Doris Talbot | Episode: "A Little Glory, a Little Death" |
1974 | Barnaby Jones | Glenda Gina Nelson |
Episode: "A Cold Record for Murder" Episode: "Blueprint for a Caper" |
1973 | Hawaii Five-O | Nina | Episode: "The Child Stealers" |
1973 | Sunshine | Nora | TV movie |
1974 | Medical Center | Cassie | Episode: "Web of Intrigue" |
1974 | The F.B.I. | Paula Taylor | Episode: "The Animal" |
1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Minonee | Episode: "Straight on 'till Morning" |
1974 | Things in Their Season | Judy Pines | TV movie |
1975 | Promise Him Anything | Marjorie | TV movie |
1975 | Sunshine | Nora | 13 episodes |
1975 | The Streets of San Francisco | Nancy Elizabeth Mellon | Episode: "Trail of Terror" |
1975 | Bronk | Margaret Lewis | Episode: "Short Fuse" |
1975 | Three for the Road | Patti Hardy | Episode: "The Albatross" |
1975 | Baretta | Lola Stella |
Episode: "Ragtime Billy Peaches" Episode: "Count the Days I'm Gone" |
1976 | James Dean | Dizzy Sheridan | TV movie |
1976 | Hawaii Five-O | Anne Waring | Episode: "Double Exposure" |
1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Jennie Jamison | TV miniseries |
1977 | Police Story | Episode: "Pressure Point" | |
1977 | Sunshine Christmas | Nora | TV movie |
1979 | The Scarlet Letter | Hester Prynne | TV miniseries |
1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Jean Richie | tv MOVIE |
1980 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Katrina Van Tassel | TV movie |
1982 | Cagney & Lacey | Det. Chris Cagney | 6 episodes |
1983 | Desperate Intruder | Joanna Walcott | TV movie |
1984 | Best Kept Secrets | Shari Mitchell | TV movie |
1985 | The Twilight Zone | Jenny | Episode: "Dreams for Sale" |
1985 | Murder, She Wrote | Del Scott | Episode: "Joshua Peabody Died Here... Possibly" |
1987 | The Wind | Sian Anderson | Video |
1987 | Desperate | Dorymae | TV movie |
1987 | Miami Vice | Alice Carson | Episode: "Contempt of Court" |
1988 | Miami Vice | Alice Carson | Episode: "Blood & Roses" |
1988 | Betrayal of Silence | Julie | TV movie |
1988 | The Cosby Show | Dyan | Episode: "Trust Me" |
1989 | Midnight Caller | Annie Driscoll | Episode: "Wait Until Midnight" |
1989 | The Hitchhiker | Deirdre | Episode: "The Martyr" |
1990 | The Young Riders | Mary Lou | Episode: "Decoy" |
1991 | Shannon's Deal | Eva Melville | Episode: "Trouble" |
1991 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | D.A. Deb Grant | Episode: "Battle Fatigue" |
1992 | Dead On: Relentless II | Carol Dietz | Video |
1992 | To Catch a Killer | City Attorney Linda Carlson | TV movie |
1992 | Shadowchaser | Sarah | Video |
1992 | Reasonable Doubts | Anna Dare | Episode: "Moment of Doubt" |
1992 | Quantum Leap | Laura Fuller | 3 episodes |
1994 | Fortune Hunter | Georgia Appleton | Episode: "Millenium" |
1995 | ER | Mrs. Rose | Episode: "Make of Two Hearts" |
1996 | Murder, She Wrote | Laura Kerwin | Episode: "The Dark Side of the Door" |
1996 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Onaya | Episode: "The Muse" |
1996 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Athena | Episode: "The Kidnapping Episode" |
1997 | Deep Family Secrets | Ellen | TV movie |
1998 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Hera | Episode: "Reunions" |
1999 | Hercules: The Legendary Journeys | Hera | Episode: "Full Circle" |
1999 | Sliders | Col. Margaret Burke | Episode: "Slide by Wire" |
2000 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Hera | Episode: "God-Fearing Child" |
2013-2016 | Pretty Little Liars | Carla Grunwald | Guest Character: Season 4-Season 7 |
2013 | Ravenswood | Carla Grunwald |
Recurring Role |
2015 | Josephine LaRue |
Recurring role |