Gloria Foster
Acting
Born: 1933-11-15 in 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
The Matrix
Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded
The Oracle
The Matrix Resurrections
Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Law & Order
Satima Tate
The Cosby Show
Dr. Barbara Bracy
Leonard Part 6
Medusa
The Comedians
Mrs. Philipot
City of Hope
Jeanette
Nothing But a Man
Lee
The Mod Squad
The Cool World
Duke's Mom
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
The Bill Cosby Show
Dolores Winters
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
The Oracle
Separate but Equal
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Soul Food
Ella Lester
The Atlanta Child Murders
Camille Bell
The Angel Levine
Sally
American Playhouse
Mrs. Hatch
American Playhouse
Lee
To All My Friends on Shore
Serena Blue
The Outcasts
Man and Boy
Ivy Revers
Coriolanus
Volumnia
Separate but Equal
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Top Secret
Judith
Percy & Thunder
Sugar Brown
The House of Dies Drear
Sheila Small
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator
A History of God
The Voice of History