Kimberly Foster
| Kimberly Foster | |
|---|---|
 Kimberly Foster as Michelle Stevens in Dallas | |
| Born |
July 6, 1961 Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983-1995 |
| Spouse(s) | Dr Paul Branch, MD |
Kimberly Foster (born July 6, 1961) is an American actress, best known for her role as Michelle Stevens in Dallas.
Life and career
Kimberly Foster was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas. She graduated from Booneville High School and was a cheerleader.
Foster is best known for her role as Michelle Stevens in the later seasons of the prime-time drama Dallas which she played from 1989 to 1991.[1] Her character was briefly a sister-in-law to Bobby Ewing and later briefly a daughter-in-law to J.R. Ewing. From 1994-1995, she played the role of "Liz Sloan" on the ABC daytime drama series, All My Children.[2] She also had roles in One Crazy Summer with John Cusack,[3] Loves Bites, Dragnet with Tom Hanks and Dan Aykroyd, You Can't Hurry Love with Bridget Fonda, and It Takes Two with fellow Arkansan George Newbern. Kim, as she was known growing up, was raised in Booneville, Arkansas, the daughter of Marion Gary Foster and Paula (Atkins) Foster.[4]
Since leaving the Hollywood scene in 1995, she became a parenting teacher in Los Angeles, later teaching pre-school. Currently, she writes childrens' books, as well as coaching health and weight loss as an Ayurvedic Nutritionist within her husband's healthcare practice in New York. She is also Artistic Director at Magic Bridge Theatre Company in New York.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Making of a Male Model | Susan | TV Movie |
| 1986 | One Crazy Summer | Cookie Cambell | |
| 1987 | Dragnet | Betsy Blees | |
| 1988 | You Can't Hurry Love | Girl Reading Book | |
| 1988 | Windmills of the Gods | Woman on Mike's arm | TV Movie |
| 1988 | It Takes Two | Jonni tigersmith | |
| 1993 | Broken Trust | Erica Brogan | |
| 1993 | Love Bites | Kendall Gordon |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | The Yellow Rose | Unknown | Episode: "Walls of Fear" |
| 1984 | The Fall Guy | Unknown | Episode: "The Huntress" |
| 1984 | Double Trouble | Lisa Fletcher | Episode: "Dueling Feet" |
| 1984 | Paper Dolls | Casey | 2 episodes |
| 1984 | Knight Rider | Tonie Baxter | Episode: "Knight of the Chameleon" |
| 1985 | Cover Up | Angelica | Episode: "Black Widow" |
| 1985 | The A-Team | Tina | Episode: "Beverly Hills Assault" |
| 1985 | Hotel | Wendy | Episode: "Lost and Found" |
| 1987 | Thirtysomething | Fantasy Girl | Episode: "Thirtysomething" |
| 1989 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Tracy | Episode: "B Men" |
| 1989-1991 | Dallas | Michelle Stevens | Series regular, 51 episodes |
| 1992 | Quantum Leap | Wendy Cooper | Episode: "Ghost Ship - August 13, 1956" |
| 1994-1995 | All My Children | Liz Sloan | Series regular |
References
- ↑ (26 July 1989). Dallas gets new vixen, The Item (Associated Press)
- ↑ (28 September 1994). Entertainment, Cherokee County Herald
- ↑ Hottest Women of '80s Movies, Maxim, Retrieved August 4, 2011
- ↑ Elias, Thomas D. (9 March 1990). Steamy doll on 'Dallas' just acting, Reading Eagle (Scripps Howard News Service)