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Linda Foster (born June 12, 1944)[1] is an English-American film and television actress. She is known for playing Doris Royal in the American sitcom television series Hank.[1]

Linda Foster
Foster with Dick Kallman in Hank, 1965
Born	(1944-06-12) June 12, 1944 (age 78) Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Occupation	Film and television actress
Years active	1963–1983
Spouse(s)	Vince Edwards ​ ​ (m. 1967; div. 1972)​ Edward Winter ​ ​ (m. 1980; died 2001)​

Life and career

Foster was born in Lancaster, Lancashire, the daughter of Nicholas, a marine engineer and Hilda, who ran a dance studio.[1] At the age of six, she learned ballet and modern dance.[1] Foster and her family later moved to Toronto, Ontario, in 1957.[1] She then later settled in Los Angeles, California.[1] Foster graduated high school in Van Nuys, California, in which she later studied to become a secretary.[1] She began her film and television career in 1963, appearing in the sitcom television series My Three Sons, playing the role of the popular high school student "Amber" in the episode "The Ever-Popular Robbie Douglas".[1]

Later in her career, Foster won Doris Royal.[1] She won the role as she was discovered in a supermarket called Hughes Supermarket, in which she was helped by a vegetable man worker in Van Nuys, California.[1][2] Being spotted by a booking agent, who was shopping.[1] The booking agent gave a contract to her.[1] Foster joined the cast of the new NBC sitcom television series Hank, in which she was offered a regular role from Warner Bros., starring with Dick Kallman,[1] who played Hank Dearborn. Her role was as Hank's girlfriend Doris Royal,[3] daughter of the registrar.[1]

After the series ended in 1966, Foster guest-starred in television programs including Gunsmoke, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., F Troop, Bonanza, Tom, Dick, and Mary, McHale's Navy, The Virginian and Rango.[1] In her film career, she appeared in Honeymoon Hotel, The Ambushers, Marriage on the Rocks, John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! and Young Fury.[1] While appearing on the anthology television series Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, she had a contract with Universal Pictures, keeping her busy on the television series with separate roles on two episodes.[1] Foster retired in 1983, last appearing in the soap opera television series Dynasty as a journalist in the episode "Tender Comrades".[1]

References

External links

• Linda Foster at IMDb
• Linda Foster at the TCM Movie Database
• Linda Foster at AllMovie
• Rotten Tomatoes profile

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