Jodie Foster Biography (1962-)

Original name, Alicia Christian Foster; born November 19, 1962, in Los Angeles, CA; daughter of Lucius III (an Air Force officer) and Evelyn "Brandy" (a personal manager; maiden name, Almond) Foster; brother of Buddy Foster (an actor); children: Charles, Kit. Addresses: Agent: ICM, 8942 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Publicist: PMK Public Relations, 8500 Wilshire Blvd., #700, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Contact: 21515 Hawthorne Blvd., #1250,Torrance, CA 90503.

Nationality American Gender Female Occupation Actress, director, producer Birth Details November 19, 1962 Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS

Film Appearances

(Film debut) Samantha, Napoleon and Samantha, Buena Vista, 1972

Buena Vista, 1972 Rita, Kansas City Bomber, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972 Martha McIver, One Little Indian, Buena Vista, 1973

Buena Vista, 1973 Becky Thatcher, Tom Sawyer (also known as A Musical Adaptationof Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" ), United Artists, 1973

(also known as ), United Artists, 1973 Menace on the Mountain, Buena Vista, 1973

Buena Vista, 1973 Audrey, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Warner Bros., 1975

Warner Bros., 1975 Tallulah, Bugsy Malone, Paramount, 1976

Paramount, 1976 Deirdre Striden, Echoes of a Summer (also known as The Last Castle ), Cine Artists, 1976

(also known as ), Cine Artists, 1976 Iris Steensman, Taxi Driver, Columbia, 1976

Columbia, 1976 Annabel Andrews, Freaky Friday, Buena Vista, 1977

Buena Vista, 1977 Rynn Jacobs, The Little Girl Who Lives down the Lane (also known as La fetite fille au bout du chemin ), American International Pictures,1977

(also known as ), American International Pictures,1977 Teresina Fedeli, Il casotto (also known as The Beach House, The Beach Hut, and In the Beach House ), Medusa Distribuzione,1977

(also known as and ), Medusa Distribuzione,1977 Isabelle "Fleur Bleue" Tristan (title role), Moi, fleur bleue (also known as Stop Calling Me Baby! ), Megalo/CIC, 1978

(also known as ), Megalo/CIC, 1978 Casey Brown, Candleshoe, Buena Vista, 1978

Buena Vista, 1978 Donna, Carny, United Artists, 1980

United Artists, 1980 Jeanie, Foxes, United Artists, 1980

United Artists, 1980 Herself, Hollywood's Children, 1982

1982 Barbara O'Hara, O'Hara's Wife, Davis-Panzer, 1983

Davis-Panzer, 1983 Franny Berry, The Hotel New Hampshire, Orion, 1984

Orion, 1984 Victoria, Mesmerized (also known as Shocked ), Thorn-EMI, 1984

(also known as ), Thorn-EMI, 1984 Nancy, Siesta, Lonmar, 1987

Lonmar, 1987 Linda, Five Corners, Cineplex Odeon, 1987

Cineplex Odeon, 1987 Sarah Tobias, The Accused, Paramount, 1988

Paramount, 1988 Katie Chandler, Stealing Home, Warner Bros., 1988

Warner Bros., 1988 Storyteller, Rabbit Ears: The Fisherman and His Wife, 1989

1989 Clarice Starling, The Silence of the Lambs, Orion, 1991

Orion, 1991 Dede Tate, Little Man Tate, Orion, 1991

Orion, 1991 Prostitute, Shadows and Fog, Orion, 1992

Orion, 1992 Anne Benton, Backtrack (also known as Catchfire and Do It the Hard Way ), Vestron Video, 1992

(also known as and ), Vestron Video, 1992 Laurel, Sommersby, Warner Bros., 1993

Warner Bros., 1993 Narrator, It Was a Wonderful Life, 1993

1993 Nell Kelly (title role), Nell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994

Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994 Annabelle Bransford, Maverick, Warner Bros., 1994

Warner Bros., 1994 A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies, 1995

1995 Dr. Eleanor "Ellie" Arroway, Contact, Warner Bros., 1997

Warner Bros., 1997 Anna Leonowens, Anna (also known as Anna and the King ), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998

(also known as ), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998 Herself, The Directors: Martin Scorsese (also known as AFI's the Directors: Martin Scorsese ), Media Entertainment, 2000

(also known as ), Media Entertainment, 2000 (In archive footage) Herself, Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of "TheSilence of the Lambs," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2001

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists Home Entertainment, 2001 (In archive footage) Kuutamolla (also known as Lovers & Leavers ), 2002

(also known as ), 2002 Sister Assumpta, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Alter Ego Entertainment, 2002

Alter Ego Entertainment, 2002 Meg Altman, Panic Room, Columbia, 2002

Columbia, 2002 Film Work

Coproducer, Mesmerized (also known as Shocked ), Thorn-EMI,1984

(also known as ), Thorn-EMI,1984 Director, Little Man Tate, Orion, 1991

Orion, 1991 Coproducer, Nell, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994

Twentieth Century-Fox, 1994 Coproducer and director, Home for the Holidays, Paramount, 1995

Paramount, 1995 Producer, Hate, 1995

1995 Executive producer, Waking the Dead, USA Films, 1999

USA Films, 1999 Producer, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, Alter Ego Entertainment, 2002

Alter Ego Entertainment, 2002 Also director of "Hands on Time," Americans (documentary), Time-Life/BBC.

(documentary), Time-Life/BBC. Television Appearances

Series

Voice of Anne Chan, The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (animated),CBS, 1972

(animated),CBS, 1972 Elizabeth Henderson, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, ABC, 1973

ABC, 1973 Voice of Pugsley Addams, The Addams Family (animated), NBC, 1973-1975

(animated), NBC, 1973-1975 Addie Pray, Paper Moon, ABC, 1974-1975

ABC, 1974-1975 Movies

Suellen McIver, Menace on the Mountain, 1970

1970 Zoe Alexander, Svengali, CBS, 1983

CBS, 1983 Helene Bertrand, The Blood of Others (also known as Le sang desautres ), HBO, 1984

(also known as ), HBO, 1984 Pilots

Henrietta "Hank" Bennett, My Sister Hank, CBS, 1972

CBS, 1972 Liberty Cole, Smile Jenny, You're Dead (also known as Don't Call the Police and Harry-O ), ABC, 1974

(also known as and ), ABC, 1974 Specials

Sharon Lee, "Rookie of the Year," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1973

ABC, 1973 Sue, "Alexander, Alexander," ABC Afterschool Special, ABC, 1973

ABC, 1973 Title role, "The Secret Life of T. K. Dearing," ABC Weekend Special, ABC, 1975

ABC, 1975 Entertainers '91: The Top 20 of the Year, ABC, 1991

ABC, 1991 Herself, Siskel & Ebert: Actors on Acting, 1991

1991 Oprah: Behind the Scenes, ABC, 1992

ABC, 1992 Behind Closed Doors with Joan Lunden, ABC, 1994

ABC, 1994 Voice of Alice Paul, A Century of Women, TBS, 1994

TBS, 1994 Herself, All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! (also known as Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! ), 1994

(also known as ), 1994 Host, All about Bette, TNT, 1994

TNT, 1994 Hollywood's Most Powerful Women, 1995

1995 Inside the Academy Awards, TNT, 1995

TNT, 1995 Voice, A Century of Women, CNN, 1998

CNN, 1998 Robert Downey, Jr.: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! EntertainmentTelevision, 1998

E! EntertainmentTelevision, 1998 Narrator, Everest: The Death Zone, 1998

1998 Host, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies, TNT, 1998

TNT, 1998 Host, AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies: The Antiheroes, 1998

1998 Narrator, Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World (also known as Lost Treasures of the Yangtze Valley ), The Discovery Channel, 1998

(also known as ), The Discovery Channel, 1998 Hollywood Salutes Jodie Foster: An American Cinematheque Tribute, TNT, 1999

TNT, 1999 9 Movie Moments That Made the 90's, MTV, 1999

MTV, 1999 Ladies' Home Journal's Most Fascinating Women of '99, CBS, 2000

CBS, 2000 Host, AMC's Film Preservation with Jodie Foster, AMC, 2000

AMC, 2000 (Uncredited; in archive footage) Herself, Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood, AMC, 2001

AMC, 2001 AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Heroes and Villains, CBS, forthcoming

CBS, forthcoming Awards Presentations

The 49th Annual Academy Awards, 1977

1977 The 3rd Annual Hollywood Insider Academy Awards Special, USA Network, 1989

USA Network, 1989 The 62nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1990

ABC, 1990 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1991

ABC, 1991 The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards, ABC, 1992

ABC, 1992 The 65th Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 1993

ABC, 1993 The 1995 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1995

MTV, 1995 Presenter, The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, 1996

1996 Presenter, The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, 1996

1996 Women in Film Crystal Awards, 1996

1996 A Salute to Martin Scorsese (also known as The American Film Institute Salute to Martin Scorsese and The 25th American Film InstituteLife Achievement Award: A Salute to Martin Scorsese ), CBS, 1997

(also known as and ), CBS, 1997 Presenter, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997

ABC, 1997 Presenter, The 55th Golden Globe Awards, 1998

1998 Presenter, The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1999

NBC, 1999 Herself, The 74th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2002

ABC, 2002 Episodic

Fairy, "The Church Play," Mayberry R.F.D., 1968

1968 Cindy Blanchard, "Romeo and Julia," Julia, NBC, 1969

NBC, 1969 Susan Sadler, "Roots of Fear," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1969

CBS, 1969 Joey Kelley, "Bully for You," The Courtship of Eddie's Father, ABC, 1969

ABC, 1969 Rachel, "Bringing Up Josh," Daniel Boone, NBC, 1970

NBC, 1970 Angela, "The Scientific Approach," Nanny and the Professor, 1970

1970 Joey Kelley, "A Loaf of Bread, a Bar of Soap, and a Jar of Peanut Butter," The Courtship of Eddie's Father, ABC, 1970

ABC, 1970 Joey Kelley, "Gifts Are for Giving," The Courtship of Eddie's Father, ABC, 1970

ABC, 1970 Girl, "All for Charity," Mayberry R.F.D., 1970

1970 Mary Bennette, "Log 55: Missing Child," Adam-12, NBC, 1970

NBC, 1970 Victoria, "The Love God," My Three Sons, CBS, 1971

CBS, 1971 Patricia, "P.S. Merry Christmas," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1971

CBS, 1971 Joey Kelley, "The Lonely Weekend," The Courtship of Eddie's Father, ABC, 1971

ABC, 1971 Joey Kelley, "The Magic Mrs. Rickles," The Courtship of Eddie's Father, ABC, 1971

ABC, 1971 Susan, "The Recital," My Three Sons, CBS, 1971

CBS, 1971 Priscilla Hobson, "Proxy Parents," My Three Sons, CBS, 1971

CBS, 1971 Priscilla Hobson, "Peanuts," My Three Sons, CBS, 1971

CBS, 1971 Priscilla Hobson, "Lonesome Katie," My Three Sons, CBS, 1971

CBS, 1971 "House of Evil," Ghost Story, NBC, 1972

NBC, 1972 Marieanne Johnson, "The Predators," Gunsmoke, CBS, 1972

CBS, 1972 Pip Barker, "Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Murder," Ironside, NBC, 1972

NBC, 1972 Bluebird, "A Place to Hide," Bonanza, NBC, 1972

NBC, 1972 Priscilla Hobson, "Alfred," My Three Sons, CBS, 1972

CBS, 1972 Voice of Pugsly Addams, "Wednesday Is Missing," The New Scooby Doo Movies (animated), 1972

(animated), 1972 "To Commune or Not to Commune," The Paul Lynde Show, 1972

1972 Ellie Madison, "The Youngest Lovers," Love Story, NBC, 1973

NBC, 1973 Julie Lawrence, "The Eleven Year Itch," The Partridge Family, ABC,1973

ABC,1973 Alethea Patricia Ingram, "Alethea," Kung Fu, ABC, 1973

ABC, 1973 Hildy Haynes, "The Case of the Deadly Deeds," The New Perry Mason, 1973

1973 Ivy, "The Captives," Medical Center, 1975

1975 Host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night, and SNL ), NBC, 1976

(also known as and ), NBC, 1976 Who's Who, CBS, 1977

CBS, 1977 Sam, CBS, 1978

CBS, 1978 Herself, "Mickey's 50," The Wonderful World of Disney, NBC, 1978

NBC, 1978 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1978, 1983, 1989

NBC, 1978, 1983, 1989 Narrator, "The Fisherman and His Wife," Storybook Classics, Showtime, 1989

Showtime, 1989 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1991

NBC, 1991 Guest caller Marlene, "Moon Dance," Frasier, NBC, 1996

NBC, 1996 Voice of Betty, "Never Again," The X-Files, Fox, 1997

Fox, 1997 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 1997, 2002

NBC, 1997, 2002 Herself, Rove Live, 2002

2002 Late Show with David Letterman, 2002

2002 Herself, "Jodie Foster: An Intimate Conversation," Larry King Live, CNN, 2002

CNN, 2002 Also appeared in Sesame Street, PBS; Celebrity Profile.

PBS; Television Work

Movies

Executive producer, The Baby Dance, 1998

1998 Episodic

Director, "Do Not Open This Box," Tales from the Darkside, 1988

1988 WRITINGS

Screenplays

Author of "Hands on Time," Americans (documentary), Time-Life/BBC.

(documentary), Time-Life/BBC. Other Writings

Contributor of article "Why Me?" to Esquire.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Chunovic, Louis, Jodie: A Biography, Contemporary Books, 1995

Contemporary Books, 1995 Foster, Buddy with Leon Wagener, Foster Child, 1997

1997 Heinzelmeier, Adolf, Jodie Foster, Paul Zsolnay Verlag

Paul Zsolnay Verlag St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000

St. James Press, 2000 Women Filmmakers & Their Films, St. James Press, 1998

American Film, October, 1988

October, 1988 Cosmopolitan, April, 1996, p. 176

April, 1996, p. 176 Entertainment Weekly, fall, 1996, p. 97; November 1, 1999, p. 125

fall, 1996, p. 97; November 1, 1999, p. 125 Los Angeles Magazine, March, 2002, p. 74

March, 2002, p. 74 People Weekly, July 28, 1997, p. 114; August 3, 1998, p. 9; March15, 1999, p. 142; October 15, 2001, p. 77; May 13, 2002, p. 91

July 28, 1997, p. 114; August 3, 1998, p. 9; March15, 1999, p. 142; October 15, 2001, p. 77; May 13, 2002, p. 91 Shoot, January 5, 1996, p. 7

January 5, 1996, p. 7 Variety, January 22, 2001, p. 23