From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phoebe Foster (born Angeline Egar; July 9, 1896 - June 1975) was an American theater and film actress. Foster studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

She began appearing on Broadway in 1914, starting with a production of Roi Cooper Megrue's Under Cover. Her subsequent Broadway appearances included The Cinderella Man (1916), Three's a Crowd (1919), Captain Applejack (1921), The Jazz Singer (1925), and Topaze (1930). After appearing in a couple of short films, in 1931 she made her feature film debut in George Cukor's Tarnished Lady alongside Tallulah Bankhead.