Ruth Foster

Actress

Born: January 29, 1920 (92 years old)

Died: May 12, 2012

Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Biography

Ruth E. Foster (January 29, 1920 – May 12, 2012) was an American actress best known for portraying Walnut Grove's postmaster Melinda Foster for several seasons on the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie (1974–1983).

Filmography (21)

• Little House on the Prairie (1974, ★ 7.8)
• Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas (2014, ★ 8.4)
• Little House on the Prairie (1974, ★ 7.9)
• The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996, ★ 7.4)
• Fitzwilly (1967, ★ 6.2)
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972, ★ 7.1)
• The War Between Men and Women (1972, ★ 6.4)
• The Towering Inferno (1974, ★ 7)
• Little House: The Last Farewell (1984, ★ 7.2)
• Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972, ★ 6.2)
• Paul Simon | Graceland: The African Concert (1987, ★ 6.1)
• 'Master Harold'... and the Boys (1985, ★ 6.6)
• Tanner '88 (1988, ★ 6.9)
• Dimension 5 (1966, ★ 5.3)
• Cyborg 2087 (1966, ★ 5.9)
• Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1983, ★ 5.2)
• Ben Casey (1961, ★ 5.9)
• The Object of Beauty (1991, ★ 5.3)
• Frankie Starlight (1995, ★ 5.2)
• As Is (1986, ★ 4.2)
• The Christmas Wife (1988, ★ 5)