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Jodie Foster

(Alicia Christian Foster)
actress, director, producer
Born: 11/19/1962
Birthplace: Los Angeles

Academy Award-winning actress, director and producer whose career in show business began when she appeared at the age of three in a Coppertone ad. Her first movie, the Disney film Napoleon and Samantha, was released in 1972. Her films as an actress include Taxi Driver (1976), The Accused (1988), Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Anna and the King (1999). She directed Little Man Tate (1991) and Home for the Holidays (1995).


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