Foster was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, to David and Nancy (née Adamson) Foster, and grew up in Rowayton, Connecticut with four siblings: sisters Gray, Jan, and Nina, and brother Ian.[unreliable source?] She studied acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York.\n', '

In 1968, Foster acted in a Cornell Summer Theater production of John Brown\'s Body. Later in 1968, she was in the off-Broadway production of The Empire Builders.\n', '

When Loretta Swit was unable to reprise her film role[citation needed] of Detective Christine Cagney in the Cagney & Lacey series, Foster took on the role for the short (six episodes) first season, before she was replaced by Sharon Gless. Entertainment columnist Dick Kleiner wrote in August 1982 about Foster\'s being dropped from the show: "It isn\'t a pretty story, no matter who you talk to. Meg was so hurt and distraught that she still isn\'t talking. But she told friends that she felt as though she had been hit by a truck." Kleiner\'s story implied that Foster\'s dismissal from the show had cost her other opportunities. "Until that news spread," he wrote, "she was an in-demand actress."\n', '

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