Gloria Foster
Known for Acting · 29 credits
- Born
- 1933-11-15
- Died
- 2001-09-29
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 – September 29, 2001) was an American actress, most known for her stage performances both on and off Broadway, including her acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career.
In films, she was perhaps best known as the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), the latter film being her last. Gloria Foster also played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the mini series The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985.
Known For
TV Shows (11)
Law & Order
1990
as Satima Tate
The Cosby Show
1984
as Dr. Barbara Bracy
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Mod Squad
1968
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Dolores Winters
Soul Food
2000
as Ella Lester
The Outcasts
1968
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Camille Bell
Separate but Equal
1991
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
as Narrator
Christianity: The Second Millennium
2000
as Herself - Narrator
Movies (18)
The Matrix
1999
as Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as The Oracle
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
City of Hope
1991
as Jeanette
Coriolanus
1979
as Volumnia
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Lee
Leonard Part 6
1987
as Medusa
The House of Dies Drear
1984
as Sheila Small
The Comedians
1967
as Mrs. Philipot
Man and Boy
1971
as Ivy Revers
The Cool World
1964
as Duke's Mom
Top Secret
1978
as Judith
The Angel Levine
1970
as Sally
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004
as The Oracle
Separate But Equal
1991
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Sugar Brown
To All My Friends on Shore
1972
as Serena Blue
A History of God
2005
as The Voice of History
About Gloria Foster
Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 – September 29, 2001) was an American actress, most known for her stage performances both on and off Broadway, including her acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career. In films, she was perhaps best known as the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003), the latter film being her last. Gloria Foster also played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the mini series The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985. With 29 credits spanning from 1964 to 2021, Gloria Foster has appeared in 18 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gloria Foster Movies
- The Matrix (1999) — as Oracle
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) — as The Oracle
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021) — as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
- City of Hope (1991) — as Jeanette
- Coriolanus (1979) — as Volumnia
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