Kimberly Foster (actress)

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Kimberly Foster
Born (1961-07-06) July 6, 1961 (age 63)
Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
OccupationActress
Years active1983–1995

Kimberly Foster (born July 6, 1961) is an American former actress, best known for her role as Michelle Stevens in the CBS prime time soap opera Dallas from 1989 to 1991.

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Life and career

Kimberly Foster was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She graduated from Booneville High School and was a cheerleader. Kim, as she was known growing up, was raised in Booneville, Arkansas, the daughter of Marion Gary Foster and Paula (Atkins) Foster. [1] She made her screen debut appearing opposite Joan Collins in the 1983 television film Making of a Male Model and later guest starred in a number of shows include The Fall Guy , Paper Dolls , Knight Rider , The A-Team and Hotel .

In 1985, Foster was regular cast member in the short-lived NBC drama series The Best Times produced by Lorimar Television. The following year, she made her film debut in the romantic comedy One Crazy Summer with John Cusack. [2] She later appeared in Dragnet (1987) with Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd, You Can't Hurry Love (1988) with Bridget Fonda, and It Takes Two (1988) with fellow Arkansan George Newbern. [1] [3] In 1989, Foster was cast in a series regular role as Michelle Stevens in the thirteenth and fourteenth seasons of the CBS prime-time soap opera Dallas which she played from 1989 to 1991. [4] Her character was briefly a sister-in-law to Bobby Ewing and later briefly a daughter-in-law to J.R. Ewing.

After Dallas, Foster starred in the 1993 vampire comedy film Loves Bites and the following year joined the cast of the ABC daytime drama soap opera, All My Children playing Liz Sloan to 1995. [5]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 Making of a Male Model SusanTelevision film
1986 One Crazy Summer Cookie Cambell
1987 Dragnet Betsy Blees
1988 You Can't Hurry Love Girl Reading Book
1988 Windmills of the Gods Woman on Mike's armTelevision film
1988 It Takes Two Jonni tigersmith
1993Broken TrustErica Brogan
1993 Love Bites Kendall Gordon

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1983 The Yellow Rose UnknownEpisode: "Walls of Fear"
1984 The Fall Guy UnknownEpisode: "The Huntress"
1984 Double Trouble Lisa FletcherEpisode: "Dueling Feet"
1984 Paper Dolls Casey2 episodes
1984 Knight Rider Tonie BaxterS 3 Episode 11: "The Chameleon"
1985 Cover Up Angelica3 episodes
1985 The A-Team TinaEpisode: "Beverly Hills Assault"
1985 Hotel WendyEpisode: "Lost and Found"
1987 Thirtysomething Fantasy GirlEpisode: "Thirtysomething"
1989 CBS Summer Playhouse TracyEpisode: "B Men"
1989-1991 Dallas Michelle Stevens Series regular, 51 episodes
1992 Quantum Leap Wendy CooperEpisode: "Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956"
1994-1995 All My Children Liz SloanSeries regular

References

  1. 1 2 Elias, Thomas D. (9 March 1990). Steamy doll on 'Dallas' just acting, Reading Eagle (Scripps Howard News Service)
  2. ↑ Hottest Women of '80s Movies Archived 2011-08-09 at the Wayback Machine , Maxim, Retrieved August 4, 2011
  3. ↑ "MOVIE REVIEW : Formulaic 'It Takes Two' Adds Up to a Snappy, Wide-Awake Sleeper". Los Angeles Times. July 15, 1988.
  4. ↑ (26 July 1989). Dallas gets new vixen, The Item (Associated Press)
  5. ↑ (28 September 1994). Entertainment, Cherokee County Herald
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