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Lois Foraker is an American film, stage and television actress. She was in the original Broadway cast of Godspell in 1976. [1] She has appeared in such television series as M*A*S*H , After MASH , and The West Wing , as well as in the pilot episode of Northern Exposure .

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  1. "Godspell - July 1976". Playbill . Retrieved August 7, 2021.