foot-lighted

Here the writer is using "footlight in theater" metaphorically?


But he and his sisters were devotedly close to their mother. Always, Mrs Brando had played leads in local dramatic productions, and always she had longed for a more brightly foot-lighted world.

Interview with Marlon Brando by truman Capute

Yes.

It sounds to me like she wanted to perform in bigger places than her local theater.