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name: "Julia Foster"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 August 1943"
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average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T04:40:27.209245+00:00"
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# Julia Foster

Actor. Born 2 August 1943 in Lewes, Sussex, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 August 1943, Lewes, Sussex, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Foster, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15487445, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79361

## Biography

Julia Foster is an English actress. Born on 2 August 1943 in Lewes, Sussex, she began her screen career in the early 1960s with roles in *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner* (1962) and *Alfie* (1966), in which she played Gilda.

Her film credits also include *The Bargee* (1964), *Half a Sixpence* (1967) and *Percy* (1971). On television she starred in the BBC production of *Moll Flanders* (1975), appeared in *Wilde Alliance* (1978) and played Queen Margaret in the BBC Shakespeare adaptations of *Henry VI* and *Richard III* (1983). Later roles include *Dad's Army* (2016) and an episode of *Doctor Who* (2020).

Foster's first husband was Lionel Morton, formerly of the pop group The Four Pennies. She is married to veterinarian Bruce Fogle and is the mother of television presenter Ben Fogle. She has also run an antique furniture business specialising in Scandinavian pieces.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Alfie* (1966), Fi1m 79, as Gilda — [page](https://film.one/film/alfie.md)

## Complete filmography (48)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *National Theatre Live: Allelujah!* (2018), as Mary
- *Dad's Army* (2016), as Dolly Godfrey
- *Flick* (2008), as Sally Martin
- *Virtual Murder* (1992), series, as Carol Bolitho
- *News at Twelve* (1988), series, Actor
- *Casualty* (1986), series, as Joyce Pratkash
- *Late Starter* (1985), series, as Liz Weldon
- *The Cabbage Patch* (1983), series, Actor
- *The Tragedy of Richard III* (1983), as Queen Margaret
- *Henry VI Part 3* (1983), as Queen Margaret
- *Henry VI Part 2* (1983), as Queen Margaret
- *Henry VI Part 1* (1983), as Margaret
- *Play for Tomorrow* (1982), series, as Veronica
- *Crimes* (1982), as Veronica
- *Hammer House of Horror* (1980), series, as Ruth
- *Wilde Alliance* (1978), series, as Amy Wilde
- *Ghosts* (1977), as Regine
- *Ride of the Valkyrie* (1977), Actor
- *A Divorce* (1976), series, as Linda
- *F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood* (1975), as Sheilah Graham
- *Moll Flanders* (1975), as Betty / Moll Flanders
- *The Great McGonagall* (1975), as Mrs. McGonagall
- *Good Girl* (1974), series, as Angie Botley
- *Mr. Axelford's Angel* (1974), as Angel
- *Masquerade* (1974), series, as Call Girl
- *All Coppers Are...* (1972), as Sue
- *Percy* (1971), as Marilyn
- *Simon Simon* (1970), as 1st Typist
- *ITV Saturday Night Theatre* (1969), series, as Sally Blissett
- *The Sex Game* (1968), series, as Perdita Watson
- *Red, White, and Zero* (1968), Actor
- *Half a Sixpence* (1967), as Ann
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Angel Roper, Regine - the Maid
- *Trapped* (1967), series, as Linda
- *The House Mouse* (1966), as Rita
- *The Night Before The Morning After* (1966), as Susan Whittaker
- *Alfie* (1966), as Gilda — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/alfie.md)
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Rita
- *One Way Pendulum* (1965), as Sylvia
- *The Bargee* (1964), as Christine Turnbull
- *The System* (1964), as Lorna
- *West 11* (1963), as Girl
- *The Small World of Sammy Lee* (1963), as Patsy
- *Two Left Feet* (1963), as Beth Crowley
- *The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner* (1962), as Gladys
- *Term of Trial* (1962), as Virginia
- *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Christine
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Georgie, Susan Whittaker

## Gallery

- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Nummers 24.25.26 Julia Fos (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1242526/gallery-bb194a60525c.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Nummers 24.25.26 Julia Fos (1968) — Ron Kroon / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Nummers_24.25.26_Julia_Foster%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4853.jpg/1280px-Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Nummers_24.25.26_Julia_Foster%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4853.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Opdracht Algemeen Dagblad  (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1242526/gallery-a51867741c4d.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Opdracht Algemeen Dagblad  (1968) — Jack de Nijs for Anefo  / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Opdracht_Algemeen_Dagblad_._Julia_Fo%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4856.jpg/1280px-Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Opdracht_Algemeen_Dagblad_._Julia_Fo%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4856.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Opdracht Vrije Volk . Juli (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1242526/gallery-0909c8cfd41d.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Opdracht Vrije Volk . Juli (1968) — Jack de Nijs for Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Opdracht_Vrije_Volk_._Julia_Foster%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4855.jpg/1280px-Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Opdracht_Vrije_Volk_._Julia_Foster%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4855.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Julia Foster](https://film.one/media/person/1242526/gallery-f0565773ad6d.jpg) Julia Foster — Jack de Nijs for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Julia_Foster_%281968%29.jpg/1280px-Julia_Foster_%281968%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Julia Foster omringd door  (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1242526/gallery-3906aad5f97d.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Julia Foster omringd door  (1968) — Ron Kroon / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Julia_Foster_omringd_door_twee_meisj%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4851.jpg/1280px-Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Julia_Foster_omringd_door_twee_meisj%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4851.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Julia Foster omringd door  (1968)](https://film.one/media/person/1242526/gallery-6a65f9ceb249.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Aankomst filmster Julia Foster op Schiphol. Julia Foster omringd door  (1968) — Ron Kroon / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Julia_Foster_omringd_door_twee_meisj%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4852.jpg/1280px-Aankomst_filmster_Julia_Foster_op_Schiphol._Julia_Foster_omringd_door_twee_meisj%2C_Bestanddeelnr_921-4852.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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