Jodie Foster

Foster is a member of Mensa International. Jean Hagen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to television, at 1502 Vine Street. President Ronald Reagan to impress Foster. She made her final film appearance in a 1977 television movie before her death from throat cancer. John Hinckley claimed he shot U.S. In the 1960s Hagen's health began to decline and she spent many years hospitalised or in care. Her brother's biography identifies her as such, but since the book is unauthorized, it is highly suspect. Although she made frequent guest appearances in various television series, she was unable to successfully resume her film career, and for the remainder of her career played supporting roles, such as the friend of Bette Davis in Dead Ringer (1964).

Because of this and because she has lived with a female companion for several years, many suspect she is a lesbian, though she personally has never made any public statement regarding her sexual orientation. As the first wife of Danny Thomas, Hagen received three Emmy Award nominations, but after two seasons she grew dissatisfied and left the series. Having given birth to two sons (Charles in 1998 and Kit in 2001), she has never revealed the identity of the father of the boys or if the boys even share the same father. MGM failed to provide her with a quality follow up role to enable her to build on her growing popularity, and by 1953 she had joined the cast of Make Room for Daddy. Foster is intensively private about her personal life. As the vain and talentless silent movie star Lina Lamont, Hagen received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. In film, at the age of 14, she earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Martin Scorsese's film, Taxi Driver. She is arguably best remembered for her comic performance in Singin' in the Rain (1950).

She began her career at the age of 2 in television commercials, including an appearance as the Coppertone Girl, and then went on to appear in a variety of television series. The Asphalt Jungle (1950) provided Hagen with her first starring role, and excellent reviews. Foster has made more than 50 film appearances and television since the age of eight. Born Jean Shirley Verhagen in Chicago, Illinois, Hagen studied drama and worked as a theater usherette before making her film debut as a femme fatale in Adam's Rib (1949). Foster was born in Los Angeles, California where she attended the exclusive prep school, the Lycée Français de Los Angeles, before going on to Yale University where she earned a BA in Literature, graduating magna cum laude in 1985. Jean Hagen (August 3, 1923 – August 29, 1977) was an American film actress. Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and director.

Nominated: Academy Award for Best Actress 1995 - Nell. Won: New York Film Critics Circle/Best Actress and Academy Award for Best Actress 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs. Won:Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress 1988 - The Accused. Nominated: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress 1976 - Taxi Driver.

Napoleon and Samantha (1972). The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976). Freaky Friday (1976). Bugsy Malone (1976).

Taxi Driver (1976). The Accused (1988). Little Man Tate (1991) also director. The Silence of the Lambs (1991).

Nell (1994). Contact (1997). Anna and the King (1999). Panic Room (2002).

A Very Long Engagement (2004).