| Who is it? | Actress |
| Birth Day | October 31, 1928 |
| Birth Place | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Age | 95 YEARS OLD |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Occupation | Actress; painter, musician |
| Years active | 1951–1966 |
| Spouse(s) | Andrew Allan (1951-?) (divorced) Joel Murcott (1954-1959) (divorced) 2 children Dr. Harold Rowe DDS (1961-1994) (his death) 1 child |
Dianne Foster, a renowned actress based in Canada, has established herself as a significant figure in the entertainment industry. With her impressive talent and dedication, she has garnered immense success and recognition throughout her career. As of 2024, Dianne Foster's net worth is estimated to be $1.4 million, a testament to her achievements and professional accomplishments. Her contributions to the world of acting have not only brought her financial prosperity but have also earned her respect and admiration from her colleagues and fans alike. Dianne Foster continues to impress with her outstanding performances and remains a shining star in the Canadian film and television industry.
In 1951, Foster married Andrew Allan, a drama supervisor for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, in London.
In 1953, she co-starred alongside Charlton Heston and Lizabeth Scott in the middling Bad for Each Other. In 1954, she was signed by Columbia Pictures and relocated to Hollywood, where her first appearance proper that year was with Mickey Rooney in Drive a Crooked Road.
In 1954, she married Joel A. Murcott, a Hollywood radio-television scriptwriter, in Owensboro, Kentucky. At 39, Murcott was 14 years her senior and had been married previously.
In 1955, Foster appeared on the cover of Picturegoer and co-starred in two big films, Glenn Ford's The Violent Men and Burt Lancaster's The Kentuckian.
On February 14, 1956, she gave birth to twins: a son, Jason, and a daughter, Jodi. That same year she also filed for divorce from Murcott. She asked for custody and $1 in token alimony. The couple reconciled, but it proved to be temporary as they separated twice more before finally divorcing in 1959.
Although her film career continued, it was not on the same upward trajectory as before. In 1957 she co-starred in the biopic Monkey on My Back about boxer Barney Ross, Night Passage with James Stewart and The Brothers Rico with Richard Conte.
In 1958, she starred with Alan Ladd in The Deep Six, and that same year she appeared alongside Jack Hawkins in Gideon of Scotland Yard before her last really big picture, The Last Hurrah. It featured an all-star cast that included Spencer Tracy, Pat O'Brien, and Basil Rathbone, and was nominated for a BAFTA award.
In 1960, Foster was the title guest star in the episode "Lawyer in Petticoats" on the short-lived NBC western series Overland Trail starring william Bendix and Doug McClure. Foster also appeared in 1960 in three other NBC westerns Bonanza (as Joyce Edwards in "The Mill"), Wagon Train (as Leslie Ivers in "Trial for Murder: Part 2"), and Riverboat (as Marian Templeton in "Path of the Eagle"). Also in 1960 she appeared in Have Gun Will Travel Series 4, Episode 20.
Foster continued to appear in television programs, such as the Wild Wild West episode "The Night of the Lord of Limbo," CBS's The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962–1963) and the ABC medical drama Breaking Point (1963–1964) and in The Fugitive. She guest starred in the ABC drama Going My Way, starring Gene Kelly. She made four guest appearances on Perry Mason between 1962 and 1965, and appeared in the "Caesar's Wife" episode of The Big Valley in 1966.
After her divorce from Murcott she married Dr. Harold Rowe, a Van Nuys dentist. On November 14, 1963, her son, Dustin Louis Rowe, was born in Los Angeles.
Foster retired from show Business in 1966 to concentrate on raising her three children. She still lives in California and is an accomplished Pianist and Painter.
