Background
Margaret Foster was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the daughter of David and his wife Nancy (née Adamson). Foster grew up in Rowayton, Connecticut with her parents and four siblings: sisters Gray, January, and Nina, and brother Ian.
Margaret Foster was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, the daughter of David and his wife Nancy (née Adamson). Foster grew up in Rowayton, Connecticut with her parents and four siblings: sisters Gray, January, and Nina, and brother Ian.
She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New New York
Foster replaced Loretta Swit as Detective Christine Cagney for the first six episodes of the first season of Cagney & Lacey until she herself was replaced by Sharon Gless. She worked prolifically throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s. She has guest starred in numerous television shows including two episodes of Hawaii Five-O (1973 and 1976), The Six Million Dollar Manitoba 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 television shows include Bonanza, The Twilight Zone, Storefront Lawyers, Barnaby Jones, Murder, She Wrote, Miami Vice, The Cosby Show, Quantum Leap, Emergency, and Xena: Warrior Princess.
She played the villainous Evil-Lyn in the big screen version of Masters of the Universe and Hera in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. She was nominated for a 1982 Genie Award for "Best Performance by a Foreign Actress" for the film Ticket to Heaven.
Since the 1990s, Foster has acted mainly on stage productions, including King Lear and Barabbas. Foster"s pale-blue eyes were dubbed by Mademoiselle as "the eyes of 1979.".
