1. Ruth E Foster was an American actress who portrayed Walnut Grove's postmaster, named Foster, for several seasons on the NBC TV series Little House on the Prairie.
10 Facts About Ruth Foster
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Ruth Foster first broke into show business at the age of 12 when the Shubert Theater sponsored a Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dance contest.
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Ruth Foster traveled with vaudeville dance troupes in the early 1930s.
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Ruth Foster was on Ben Casey as Miss Fleming from 1962 to 1964.
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Ruth Foster was in Dimension 5 and Cyborg 2087 that were going to be released on television as television films, instead were theatrically released across the United States.
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Ruth Foster is most remembered as Melinda Ruth Foster, the Post office manager, on Little House on the Prairie for 61 episodes from 1974 to 1983.
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Ruth Foster was a film editor, video tape editor and an associate producer.
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In 1984, Ruth Foster reprised her role as Melinda Ruth Foster in the Made-for-TV-Movies Little House: Bless All the Dear Children and Little House: The Last Farewell.
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Ruth Foster danced professionally in the Palm Springs and Branson Follies until the age of 85.
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Ruth Foster died of natural causes in Del Mar, California at the age of 92.