Anne Foster

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Anne Foster
Alias	Mrs. Foster
Origin	Coronation Street
Occupation	Businesswoman
Powers / Skills	Managing business exceptionality
Hobby	Defending her son Frank
Goals	Help prove her son Frank's "innocence" over raping Carla Connor
Crimes	Manslaughter Filicide Conspiracy Trespassing Theft Perverting the course of justice Attempted incrimination Attempted Murder Assault
Type of Villain	Delusional Conspirator

“	"Gently, gently NO! THAT'S MY SON!!".	„
	~ anne mourning the death of her villainous son Frank as the authorities take his body away in a private ambulance after she killed him, with the residents of Weatherfield not realizing this until later onwards.

Anne Foster was a supporting antagonist of the British soap opera Coronation Street. She appeared as a major antagonist from September 2011 to March 2012.

Depicted as the mother of Frank Foster to begin with in her duration on the show, Anne served as the secondary antagonist in his storyline depicting Frank's rape of his ex-fiancé Carla Connor before he was eventually murdered in his own titular whodunit scenario dubbed "Who Killed Frank Foster". It was soon revealed that Frank's murderer was in fact his mother Anne, who had ended up killing him during an off-screen argument between them over her realization of his true colors; henceforth Anne was deemed as a tragic figure following her beliefs that her son was innocent.

She is played by Gwen Taylor.

Biography

Anna Foster first came to Weatherfield in September 2004; she was with her husband Sam and together they visited their son, Frank, to congratulate his engagement to his fiancé and business partner Carla Connor. During the celebration at the Bistro on Coronation Street, a drunken Carla got cold feet and left - with Frank following her. Carla ended up crashing his car into the bookies down the road, however, Frank put her into the passenger seat and took the blame to avoid her going to prison - as she was already banned from driving at that point.

A couple of weeks later, Carla called off the engagement as she was in love with another man - Peter Barlow. This caused Frank to react violently as he attacks and ultimately rapes Carla in the end. Afterwards, he was arrested and held in custody. Frank pleaded his innocence and falsely claimed Carla was trying to set him up in order to get with Peter. He then sent Anne to act as a protégé in half his share of the factory and keep his presence known to Carla. Frank managed to get out on bail, and had half the machines removed from the factory and taken to another location to continue his own business. She also hired long-running seamstress at Underworld Sally Webster, who had been made redundant by Carla.

When Anne realized how much of the stress of the trial got to Frank she went round to Carla's flat to try and pay her off, with the offer of her getting back half of the business. However, Carla turned it down - determined to see Frank sent down.

Devastation followed Anne when her husband passed away while they were on holiday. Anne blamed the stress of Carla's "lies" and later berated her at the factory. She supported Frank during his trial, in which she supplied photographs of Carla kissing Peter to Peter's wife Leanne. Frank was acquitted of the charges and released. However Anne's support for Frank began to waver when he was having an affair behind Sally's back with another businesswoman named Jenny Sumner. Frank used Jenny to pose as a friend and supporter of Carla, getting her sign her remaining share over to Frank. Frank then betrayed Anne, not wanting her involved in the business any longer as she was passed her usefulness.

Anne later overheard Frank taunting Carla over his victory, and threatening to rape her again. Carla fled without noticing Anne, who confronted her son and blamed him for what happened to his father. Frank laughed at her, which angered Anne who then used a glass bottle Carla left behind to smash Frank over the head, killing him.

Carla and Peter became the prime suspects of his murder. Anne kept quiet that she was responsible, and hoped to now acquire Frank's shares to run the factory as it is all she will have left with him, however Carla's best friend Michelle managed to steal the documentation and destroy it, therefore no proof of the deal was made. Sally discovered Anne was the culprit, and she was subsequently arrested for killing Frank and presumably imprisoned.

Trivia

• Anne murdering Frank Foster occurred off-screen, as his death featured as a "whodunnit" mystery with several characters acting as suspects.
• Although it is assumed she has been sent down for killing Frank, her trial or outcome was never specified after her final appearance.