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'''Jodie Foster''' (1962-), American actress, director and producer.

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==Jodie Foster==
<table><tr><td>Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster was born [[19 Nov]], 1962 in Los Angeles County, California, the youngest daughter of four children born to Lucius Fisher Foster III and his wife Evelyn Ella "Brandy" Almond. Her father, an Air Force colonel left Foster's family a few months before she was born. Jodie's mother supported the family by working as a film producer.  Both her parents briefly married other people.

Jodie's brother Lucius "Buddy" Foster was a child-star, most well-known in his television roles as "Johnny Dow" in 17 episodes of "Hondo" in 1967; and as "Mike Jones" in 29 episodes of Mayberry, R.F.D. from 1968 to 1971.

Although [Jodie] Foster's first acting appearance was at three years old, her first significant role came in 1976 as an underage prostitute in Taxi Driver, receiving an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. After becoming a star, Jodie attended school at the prestidious Lycee Francais.</td>

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She won an Oscar for Best Actress in 1988 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she starred in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, a gifted FBI trainee, assisting in a hunt for a serial killer. This performance received international acclaim and her second Oscar for Best Actress." ([http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jodie_Foster&oldid=190237220 "Jodie Foster"], permanent-link on Wikipedia)

Jodie Foster met her long-term partner [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cydney_Bernard Cydney Bernard] (b. 1953) in 1993/4 on the set of the film Sommersby.  They have been living together for the past 14 years.  After long speculation about her sexuality, Jodie finally came out Dec 2007.  Jodie has two sons, but has deflected questions about who their father(s) might be.

In 1997, her brother Buddy Foster, wrote a book ''Foster Child'', which purports to be a biography of Jodie Foster.  The book discusses many events growing up in his family. He paints his mother in a villainous way, especially stating that she spent all his career earnings, and when Jodie became a star, the rest of the family suffered some neglect.

===Sources for 1===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Foster "Jodie Foster"], current-link on Wikipedia
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/foster.htm "Jodie Foster"], research by Robert Battle
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0287711/ "Buddy Foster"] at IMDb, his career from 1967 to 1980
*[http://www.amazon.com/Foster-Child-Biography-Jodie/dp/0525941436 'Foster Child:A Biography of Jodie Foster'], by [her brother] Buddy Foster with Leon Wagener
*[http://www.geocities.com/jodiefosterph/articles.html "Jodie Foster Articles and Interviews"], a set of articles clipped by Starling from 1991 to 2002
*[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,287857,00.html "Foster Child"], a review in Entertainment Weekly, [[May 16]], 1997
*[http://www.ciao.co.uk/Jodie_Foster_The_Most_Powerful_Woman_in_Hollywood_Philippa_Kennedy__Review_5471447 "Jodie Foster : The Most Powerful Woman in Hollywood], by Philippa Kennedy, a Review
*[http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=geolarson2&id=I144459 "An Extended Family"], by George Larson II, geolarson2@gmail.com, updated [[Feb 8]], 2008, hosted at the Ancestry World Tree Project, pedigree-view

==Lucius Fisher Foster==
Lucius Fisher Foster III was born about 1922/3 in California, the son of Lucius Foster and his wife Constance Richardson.  An article in the magazine ''She Australia'' [http://www.geocities.com/jodiefosterph/she050198.html excepted here] states that "Lt Col Lucius Fisher Foster III, [was] a former [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain Battle of Britain] fighter (this battle fought 10 July 1940 – 31 October 1940), and one of the most highly decorated fliers in the US airforce."  This last fact is doubtful and needs firm evidence.  Jodie Foster is in that article, quoted as saying that she has only met her father about three times.

Sometime before Oct 1952, Lucius was living in Boise, Idado since he gave this as his home address when he was returning then from Manila.

[http://www.geocities.com/jodiefosterph/us050800.html This article] states that Lucius "...already had three kids from a previous marriage.  In 1954, he met a pretty young woman named Evelyn "Brandy" Almond at a fencing club and married her impetuously during a trip to Tijuana, Mexico."

Lucius and Brandy lived in Los Angeles where they had four children, the youngest of whom was the actress Jodie Foster.  They divorced and they each married and divorced other people in the Los Angles area.

Buddy Foster states that Lucius and Brandy had split up in 1959, and that Jodie was conceived when their mother went to Lucius to plead for child-support money.  Buddy's alledges that Lucius demanded sex for the payment and that is how Jodie was conceived in 1962.

When Buddy Foster's book on his sister was released, ''Entertainment Weekly'' did a review dated 1997, in part stating that Lucius was then living, aged 75.

===Sources for 2===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Lucius&gsln=Foster&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=6593144&recoff=1+3 1930 Census  of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California] showing : "Leslie B Irvin 30, married first at 29, IL/IL/IL, Salesman, Investment Securities; Constance R Irvin 27, married first at 17, TN/TN/VA; Courteney Foster, step-daughter, 8, CO; Lucius F Foster Jr 7 stepson CO"

*[http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/4thfg.php 8th Air Force Fighter Group] : "41-6186 P-47C 334 QP-        Crash-landed 29 Jan 43 - Lt. Lucius F Foster (336 FS)"

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=7488&iid=NYT715_7012-0442&fn=Lucius+F&ln=Foster&st=r&ssrc=&pid=3020522452 ''New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957''] showing : "Restricted Personnel Roster, ''Aquitania'', [[Oct 4]], 1945, For Reception Station Fort McArthur, California.  Lucius F Foster III, Capt, 532 S Arden Blvd, Los Angeles, Calif." While a footnote on this document states : "Capt Lucius F Foster... AC is designated Officer in charge and Custodian of Records for Reception Sta Gp RE 6047-A-20, from present station until relieved by competent auth in the U.S."  Turning to page one of this roster we see [http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=7488&path=1945.10.04.Aquitania.1&cr=1&sid=&gskw=Lucius+F+Foster here] that they were sailing out of Southampton, England leaving [[Sep 28]], 1945

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_68-0174&rc=598,715,649,729;663,714,715,729&fn=Lucius&ln=Foster&st=d&ssrc=&pid=3112417034 California Voter Registration, 1900-1968] showing in 1946, "Lucius Fisher Foster at 532 S Arden Blvd, Democrat, Los Angeles City"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=sfpl%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Lucius&gsln=Foster&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=40&fh=0&recid=695340&recoff=1+3 California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957] showing :"on the General Charles Gould Morton (ship), departing Manila, Phillipines, and arrival at San Francisco, 4 Oct 1952, Lucius F Foster of Boise Idaho, born abt 1922"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&f2=&f1=foster&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=&rg_f3__date=&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=Almond&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3 California Birth Index 1905-95] showing for father Foster, and mother Almond : "Lucinda Courtney Foster born 26 Oct 1954, Constance Elizabeth Foster born 30 Oct 1955,  Lucius F Foster born 12 Jul 1957, Alicia C Foster born 19 Nov 1962."  All born in Los Angeles County.

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=7683&iid=NEWS-CA-VA_NE.1960_11_29_0008&rc=1683,2108,1794,2145;1813,2108,1943,2145&fn=&ln=Record+Lucius+Foster&st=d&ssrc=&pid=503706632 "Owners of 4 Lots Protest City Bid to Change Zoning"], ''Valley News'' (Van Nuys, CA), [[Nov 29]], 1960 : "Lucius Foster, representing owners of three of the lots, argued multiple dwellings would be the best usage for the property:<blockquote>'We have seen the drift of industry to the West Valley, employing a large amount of electronics personnel.  It is hard for many of these people to maintain their own homes since many only stay here for three to five years.  Homes are expensive in this area &mdash; the Woodland Hills foreclosure rate is the fifth highest in Southern California.  We would suffer a considerable loss of this property if it should be rezoned to R-1.  It is close to the freeway and well suited for apartment development."</blockquote>

*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1144&iid=vrmusaca1960_0041_07_k-0101&fn=Lucius+F&ln=Foster&st=r&ssrc=&pid=2110824 California Marriage Index 1960-85] showing : "Lucius F Foster 45, to Patricia A Brennan 32 on Nov 23, 1967 Los Angeles City"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=CA_Divorce&so=2&rank=0&gsfn=Lucius&gsln=Foster&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&db=&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-c&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416 California Divorce Index, 1966-84] showing : "Lucius F Foster, from Patricia A Brennan, Apr 1968, Los Angeles City"

==Evelyn Ella Almond==
Evelyn Ella "Brandy" Almond was born about 1927/8 ("age 41" Aug 1969).  Robert Battle reports that Evelyn was born in the Bronx, [[New York]]. [http://books.google.com/books?id=6J8xDWDqOkEC&pg=RA2-PA184&lpg=RA2-PA184&dq=lucius+foster+almond&source=web&ots=vNtTZJ4xAR&sig=2OuCeSaHWEq9D6ImQVB2h-PBMak Here] the Intentational Who's Who of Women calls Jodie's mother "Eileen".

Sometime before 1952, she married Lucius Fisher Foster.  They had four children, the youngest being the actress Jodie Foster.  They divorced, both remarrying other people and then divorcing, in the Los Angeles area.  It has been stated that Brandy was a film producer, although it's also possible that she merely worked for a film producer.  These connections possibly explain how both Buddy and Jodie became child stars.

An article in ''She Australia'' [http://www.geocities.com/jodiefosterph/she050198.html excepted here] states that Brandy and her live-in lover Josephine Dominguez "Aunt Jo" brought up the four siblings, and that Alicia Christine Foster was called "Jodie" after her mother's lover "Jo. D."  This article is evidently quoting this statement from Buddy Foster's biography of his sister.

===Sources for 3===
*[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~battle/celeb/foster.htm "Jodie Foster"], research by Robert Battle
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=0&f2=&f1=foster&sx=&f9=&f5=&f4=&rg_f3__date=&rs_f3__date=0&f6=&f7=Almond&gskw=&prox=1&db=cabirth1905&ti=0&ti.si=0&gl=&gss=rfs&gst=&so=3 California Birth Index 1905-95] showing for father Foster, and mother Almond : "Lucinda Courtney Foster born 26 Oct 1954, Constance Elizabeth Foster born 30 Oct 1955,  Lucius F Foster born 12 Jul 1957, Alicia C Foster born 19 Nov 1962."  All born in Los Angeles County.
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CA_Divorce%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Evelyn&gsln=Almond&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=2&recid=509157&recoff=20+22 California Divorce Index, 1966-1984] showing : "Billy R Bransom, age 33 vs Evelyn E Almond, age 41, married in 1966, preliminary Aug 1969, Los Angeles City"

==Lucius Fisher Foster==
Since Jodie Foster's father is called Lucius Fisher Foster III, it is assumed that his father is either named Lucius Fisher Foster, or just Lucius Foster.  The III designation does not always imply correct use, so we should not assume that his middle name was also Fisher.

==Constance Robertson==
Constance Robertson was born about 1902/3 in Tennessee.  About 1919/21 she married Lucius Foster and they had two surviving children: Courtenay and Lucius Jr both born in Colorado.

About 1928/9 she remarried to Leslie B Irvin (1901-78) as his first wife.  Leslie was an investment security salesman, born in Illinois. The family appears in the 1930 census in Los Angeles, California.

===Sources for 5===
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=WW1draft%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Leslie&gsln=Irvin&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=39&fh=9&recid=9994799&recoff=1+3 ''World War I Draft Registration Cards''] showing : "Leslie Bessell Irvin, 2 Mar 1900, Student at the University of Minnesota, Father: George [?] R Irvin of St Paul, registered at St Paul, Rumsey County, Minnesota, 12 Sep 1918"
*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=1930usfedcen%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Lucius&gsln=Foster&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=35&fh=1&recid=6593144&recoff=1+3 1930 Census  of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California] showing : "Leslie B Irvin 30, married first at 29, IL/IL/IL, Salesman, Investment Securities; Constance R Irvin 27, married first at 17, TN/TN/VA; Courteney Foster, step-daughter, 8, CO; Lucius F Foster Jr 7 stepson CO"
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=view&dbid=1249&ti=0&iid=losangelescounty_39-0633&rc=1007,2515,1047,2530;1064,2515,1113,2530&fn=Leslie&ln=Irvin&st=d&ssrc=&pid=1264797975 ''Index to Register of Voters, Los Angeles, 1936''] showing : "Leslie B Irvin, 6515 Wilshire Blvd, Apt 8, Salesman, R[epublican]"
*[http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=View&r=an&dbid=1075&iid=onm1465_15-0882&fn=Leslie+B&ln=Irvin&st=r&ssrc=&pid=1547910 ''Border Crossings from Canada to US, 1895-1956''], British Columbia manifest, Dec 1936, R.M.M.S. ''Aorangi'', sailing from Honolulu, Dec 18, 1936, arriving at Victoria, BC, Dec 25, 1936, Leslie B Irvin, 36, Male, Single, born Macomb, IL, 2 Mar 1900, residence 160 S Gramercy Place, Los Angeles, CA"

*[http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&db=CAdeath1940%2c&rank=0&gsfn=Leslie&gsln=Irvin&sx=&gs1co=1%2cAll+Countries&gs1pl=1%2c+&year=&yearend=&sbo=0&sbor=&ufr=0&wp=4%3b_80000002%3b_80000003&srchb=r&prox=1&ti=0&ti.si=0&gss=angs-d&o_iid=21416&o_lid=21416&pcat=34&fh=2&recid=3576911&recoff=1+2 California Death Index, 1940-97] showing : "Leslie Bessell Irvin, born 2 Mar 1901 Illinois, died 16 Jul 1978 Los Angeles County"

==Lineal Ascent==
The below is unsourced speculation from OneWorldTree

*Constance Robertson
*Samuel Richard Robertson 1878-1944
*Louanna Noble Harris 1849-99
*Elizabeth Ann Dewitt 1821-1849

===Continuation A===
*Washington J Dewitt 1799-1852
*Harris Dewitt 1756-1829
*Martin Dewitt 1720-1793
*Charles Dewitt 1683-1741
*William Dewitt 1637-1658

===Continuation B===
*Mary E Bearden 1803-89
*Richard Bearden 1770-1845
*Benjamin Bearden 1748-1821
*Lettice Winn 1723-1797
*Minor Winn 1704-78
*Minor Winn 1668-1730
*John Winn 1627-1694
**Note: the connection of John Winn who appears in Westmoreland, as a son of Owen Wynne below is probably incorrect.
*Owen Wynne 1586-1660
*John Wynn 1553-1626


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