# \*THAT\* was Jodie Foster?! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515 "2005-03-21T04:15:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/1 "2005-03-21T04:15:04Z")
I just watched “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Good flick. It has a surprise ending. Well, it did for me, anyway… Me (midway through the movie): _“Why does that little boy have a girl’s name? Doris or Audrey… they’re both girls names. Hm. Weird.”_ Closing Credits: _“Audrey…Jodie Foster”_ :eek: :smack: In all honesty, I thought she was a boy. She had a deeper voice than Tommy for god’s sake! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/2 "2005-03-21T04:20:54Z")
John Hinckley is gonna kick your ass. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/3 "2005-03-21T06:13:58Z")
That’s been a problem for Jodie Foster — her voice and Keanu Reeve’s sound alike. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/4 "2005-03-21T13:41:30Z")
It was the first I had ever seen Jodie Foster, and I also thought it was a boy until she put on a skirt. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/5 "2005-03-21T14:08:43Z")
There’s gotta be a joke here linking to her TV show from years ago, _My Sister Hank_, but for the life of me I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/6 "2005-03-21T14:12:08Z")
Jeez, you people! Ever heard of The Partridge Family? Or The Courtship of Eddie’s Father? Foster was in both of those, and I already knew that she was not just a girl, but a babe as well. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/7 "2005-03-21T14:21:33Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Jeez, you people! Ever heard of The Partridge Family? Or The Courtship of Eddie’s Father? Foster was in both of those, and I already knew that she was not just a girl, but a babe as well. I had heard of them, but I wasn’t fool enough to _watch_ them. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/8 "2005-03-21T14:24:42Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I had heard of them, but I wasn’t fool enough to _watch_ them. Fool? Fool?!? They had Jodie Foster! ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/9 "2005-03-21T17:40:28Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Jeez, you people! Ever heard of The Partridge Family? Or The Courtship of Eddie’s Father? Foster was in both of those, and I already knew that she was not just a girl, but a babe as well. I motion that we adults not refer to girls as babes until they’re of legal age. No? How about just 'til they hit puberty? Any takers? _Yes, I saw Taxi Driver._ ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/10 "2005-03-21T18:01:24Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Fool? Fool?!? They had Jodie Foster! In two episodes. Not worth wading through the dreck for that. Besides, if I didn’t watch Eddie’s father because of Miyoshi Umeki, why would seeing Foster make me want to watch? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/11 "2005-03-21T18:07:20Z")
> [@Hey you!](#): > > I motion that we adults not refer to girls as babes until they’re of legal age. > No? How about just 'til they hit puberty? Any takers? > _Yes, I saw Taxi Driver._ Well, when I thought of Jodie as a “babe” before she was “legal” I was \*\*10 years old. \*\* The way I see it, no harm, no foul. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/12 "2005-03-21T18:11:03Z")
> [@Hey you!](#): > > I motion that we adults not refer to girls as babes until they’re of legal age. > No? How about just 'til they hit puberty? Any takers? I would hasten to add that she’s only 1 year, 2 weeks, and 5 days younger than me. And I watched these shows as they aired. So when she was a young babe of 6, I was a wordly stud of 7. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/13 "2005-03-21T18:12:45Z")
> [@The Chao Goes Mu](#): > > Well, when I thought of Jodie as a “babe” before she was “legal” I was \*\*10 years old. \*\* The way I see it, no harm, no foul. Pervert. You should have been lusting after girls your own age. Like Lillian Gish. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/14 "2005-03-21T19:45:14Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Jeez, you people! Ever heard of The Partridge Family? Or The Courtship of Eddie’s Father? [Bugsy Malone](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074256/combined)? ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/15 "2005-03-21T19:53:47Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > There’s gotta be a joke here linking to her TV show from years ago, _My Sister Hank_, but for the life of me I can’t find it. If you mean [My Sister Sam](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090487/combined?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD1vbnxmYj11fHBuPTF8cT1zaXN0ZXIgc2FtfG14PTIwfGxtPTUwMHxodG1sPTE_;fc=1;ft=20), the link is “crazed male stalkers” (MSS star Rebecca Schaeffer was stalked and killed by a fan). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/16 "2005-03-21T20:09:16Z")
I had a grown up Jodie sighting recently when I went to see the French movie [A Very Long Engagement (or if you’re a purist, Un long dimanche de fiançailles)](http://imdb.com/title/tt0344510/). Halfway through the film Jodie appears in a supporting role, not only speaking French but speaking it with a Polish accent. Cool more-than-a-cameo. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/17 "2005-03-22T04:32:13Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I had a grown up Jodie sighting recently when I went to see the French movie [A Very Long Engagement (or if you’re a purist, Un long dimanche de fiançailles)](http://imdb.com/title/tt0344510/). Halfway through the film Jodie appears in a supporting role, not only speaking French but speaking it with a Polish accent. Cool more-than-a-cameo. I know! I caught that and LOVED it. I am really impressed with her body (of work) which was one of the reasons I felt like such an idiot when I not only failed to recognize her in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” but mistook her for a boy on top of it. Can I add another :smack: ? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/18 "2005-03-22T13:34:06Z")
[The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074806/) has a truly amazing performance by the 14 year old Foster. It’s chilling. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/19 "2005-03-22T14:00:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > [The Little Girl Who Lives Down The Lane](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074806/) has a truly amazing performance by the 14 year old Foster. It’s chilling. I agree, it was truly phenomenal. I’ve been wary of anything “almond” flavored after that flick. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515/20 "2005-03-22T14:01:53Z")
Don’t forget ‘Freaky Friday’! That was sweet! Dear God, going over her IMDB listing…she appeared as a presenter at the Academy Awards in 1972 at the age of 10! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-was-jodie-foster/295515.md?page=2)