Buddy Foster Buddy Foster Lucius Fisher "Buddy" Foster IV (born July 12, 1957) is an American former child actor. Beginning his professional acting career at the age of eight, Foster is perhaps best known for his roles in various television series throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. He is the older brother of actress and director Jodie Foster. Foster was the third of four children born to Lucius Fisher Foster III and Evelyn Ella "Brandy" (née Almond). He has three sisters, Lucinda "Cindy" Foster (b. 1954), Constance "Connie" Foster (b. 1955), and Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (b. 1962). His parents divorced
Jodie Foster of the show". Foster's two BAFTAs were awarded jointly for her performances in "Taxi Driver" and "Bugsy Malone". Her third film release in spring 1976 was the independent drama "Echoes of a Summer", which had been filmed two years previously. "The New York Times" named Foster's performance as a terminally ill girl the film's "main strength" and Gene Siskel of the "Chicago Tribune" stated that she "is not a good child actress; she's just a good actress", although both reviewers otherwise panned the film. Foster's fourth film of 1976 was the Canadian-French thriller "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the