---
name: "May Foster"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/may-foster"
fi1m_id: "may-foster"
imdb_id: "nm0287969"
tmdb_id: 13561
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "27 March 1873"
died: "6 January 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:30:04.338792+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# May Foster

## Identity

May Foster

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/may-foster
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** may-foster
- **IMDb ID:** nm0287969
- **TMDB ID:** 13561
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13561

Actor. Born 27 March 1873 in Neoga, Illinois, USA. Died 6 January 1951.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 27 March 1873, Neoga, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 6 January 1951
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0287969/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13561

## Biography

May Foster was an American actress. She was born on 27 March 1873 in Neoga, Illinois, and died on 6 January 1951 in Los Angeles, California.

She appeared in supporting and uncredited roles in silent and early sound films. Foster played Mrs. Crimp in *The Docks of New York* (1928) and Elizabeth's Lady-in-Waiting in *The Scarlet Empress* (1934). Other credits include *A Woman of the World* (1925), *The Crown of Lies* (1926) and *Milestones* (1920). She was married to Val Paul.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Docks of New York* (1928), Fi1m 84, as Mrs. Crimp — [page](https://film.one/film/the-docks-of-new-york.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Mills of the Gods* (1934), Actor
- *Whom the Gods Destroy* (1934), as Newfoundlander
- *The Scarlet Empress* (1934), Actor
- *Double Door* (1934), Actor
- *The Docks of New York* (1928), as Mrs. Crimp — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-docks-of-new-york.md)
- *Yellow Fingers* (1926), as Toinette
- *A Woman of the World* (1925), as Mrs. Fox
- *The Midnight Alarm* (1923), as Mrs. Berg
- *Milestones* (1920), as Nancy Sibley
- *45 Minutes from Broadway* (1920), as Mrs. Purdy
- *The Bachelor's Baby, or How It All Happened* (1913), Writer

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