Claiborne Foster (April 15, 1896 – February 21, 1981) was an American stage actress, born Claiborne Foster Comegys.

Early life

Claiborne Foster Comegys was born in

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, the daughter of Thomas McLoyd Comegys and Mary Elinor "Nell" Foster Comegys. Her father was a dentist. Her uncle was diplomat

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. Her older sister Kathleen Foster Comegys (1893–1984) was also an actress.

Career

Foster's

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and other major stage credits included roles in '' The Blue Bird'' (1910), ''Romance'' (1913), ''Miss Daisy'' (1914), ''A Full House'' (1914), ''Cousin Lucy'' (1915), ''Abe and Mawruss'' (1915–1916), ''

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'' (1919-1920), ''

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'' (1920–1921), ''Two Fellows and a Girl'' (1923), ''Applesauce'' (1924), ''The Lady Killer'' (1924), ''Cheaper to Marry'' (1924), ''The Patsy'' (1925), ''Sinner'' (1927), ''Trigger'' (1927), ''Eva the Fifth'' (1928), ''

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'' (1929), '' Other Men's Wives'' (1929), ''Blind Mice'' (1930), ''A Widow in Green'' (1931), ''And Shadows Fall'' (1945), ''Dearly Beloved,

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,'' and ''

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'' (1956). She also wrote the Broadway shows ''On the Wing'' and ''Pretty Little Parlor'' (1944). In 1936, Foster survived a fatal plane crash in

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. After she retired from the stage, Foster produced a program at WINK-TV in

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Personal life

In 1915, Claiborne Foster married naval lieutenant James McDowell Cresap. He died in the

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. Her second husband was Maxwell Jay Rice, an airline executive. They married in 1932, and moved to Rio de Janeiro; she was widowed a second time when Rice died in 1943. Her third husband was Ned F. Foulds. She was widowed a third time when Foulds died in 1978. She died in 1981, aged 84 years, in Fort Myers.

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