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Frances Helen Foster was an American film, television and stage actress. In addition to being an actress, Brown was also an award–winning stage director.
Birth Name
Frances Brown
Born
Wednesday, 11 June 1924
Died
Tuesday, 17 June 1997
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Juror | Housewife | 1996 |
| Clockers | Gloria | 1995 |
| Crooklyn | Aunt Song | 1994 |
| Moon Over Miami | Beverly Hale | 1993 |
| The Distinguished Gentleman | Grandma | 1992 |
| Malcolm X | Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom | 1992 |
| Citizen Cohn | First Annie Lee Moss | 1992 |
| Darrow | Elsa Jackson | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Mary Tillar | 1990 |
| Working It Out | Nurse | 1990 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Juror | Housewife | 1996 |
| Clockers | Gloria | 1995 |
| Crooklyn | Aunt Song | 1994 |
| Moon Over Miami | Beverly Hale | 1993 |
| The Distinguished Gentleman | Grandma | 1992 |
| Malcolm X | Woman Outside Audubon Ballroom | 1992 |
| Citizen Cohn | First Annie Lee Moss | 1992 |
| Darrow | Elsa Jackson | 1991 |
| Law & Order | Mary Tillar | 1990 |
| Working It Out | Nurse | 1990 |
| A Man Called Hawk | Morgan Walker | 1989 |
| Enemy Territory | Elva Briggs | 1987 |
| The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd | Mrs. Hawthorne | 1987 |
| Five Corners | Waitress | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Trapped in Silence | Ovelia | 1986 |
| North & South: Book 1, North & South | Slave | 1985 |
| The House of Dies Drear | Great-Grandmother Jeffers | 1984 |
| American Playhouse | Aunt Mabel | 1982 |
| The Last Tenant | Nurse in Home | 1978 |
| King | Alberta King | 1978 |
| Piece of the Action, A | Bea Quitman | 1977 |
| A Piece of the Action | Bea Quitman | 1977 |
| Ryan's Hope | Miriam George | 1975 |
| Good Times | Ms. Gertrude Vinson | 1974 |
| Kojak | Pearl Johnson | 1973 |
| Cops and Robbers | Bleeding Lady | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | School Principal | 1972 |
| Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! | 1971 | |
| Sesame Street | Dorothy / Susan's Mother | 1969 |
| The Doctors and the Nurses | Emergency Nurse | 1962 |
| Dr. Kildare | Barbara James | 1961 |
| The Defenders | The Young Woman | 1961 |
| The Law and Mr. Jones | Nurse | 1960 |
| Take a Giant Step | Poppy | 1959 |
