- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 15, 1933
- Place of Birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- September 29, 2001
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.
Filmography
movieThe Matrix Resurrections
2021 · Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieA History of God
2005 · The Voice of History
movieReturn to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004 · The Oracle
movieThe Matrix Reloaded
2003 · The Oracle
tvChristianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002 · Narrator
Christianity: The Second Millennium
2000 · Herself - Narrator
tvSoul Food
2000 · Ella Lester
movieThe Matrix
1999 · Oracle
moviePercy & Thunder
1993 · Sugar Brown
movieCity of Hope
1991 · Jeanette
movieSeparate but Equal
1991 · Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
tvSeparate but Equal
1991 · Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Satima Tate
movieLeonard Part 6
1987 · Medusa
tvThe Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Camille Bell
tvThe Cosby Show
1984 · Dr. Barbara Bracy
movieThe House of Dies Drear
1984 · Sheila Small
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Mrs. Hatch, Lee
movieCoriolanus
1979 · Volumnia
movieTop Secret
1978 · Judith
movieTo All My Friends on Shore
1972 · Serena Blue
movieMan and Boy
1971 · Ivy Revers
movieThe Angel Levine
1970 · Sally
tvThe Bill Cosby Show
1969 · Dolores Winters
tvThe Mod Squad
1968
tvThe Outcasts
1968
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieThe Comedians
1967 · Mrs. Philipot
movieNothing But a Man
1964 · Lee
movieThe Cool World
1964 · Duke's Mom