Gloria Foster
Acting
Born: November 15, 1933 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: September 29, 2001 (aged 67)
Highest Rated
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
1999
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
Law & Order
1990
The Cosby Show
1984
Leonard Part 6
1987
The Comedians
1967
City of Hope
1991
Nothing But a Man
1964
The Mod Squad
1968
The Cool World
1964
Photos (1)
Movies (18)
The Matrix
Oracle
The Matrix Resurrections
Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Matrix Reloaded
The Oracle
Nothing But a Man
Lee
The Comedians
Mrs. Philipot
Leonard Part 6
Medusa
Coriolanus
Volumnia
City of Hope
Jeanette
Man and Boy
Ivy Revers
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
The Oracle
The Cool World
Duke's Mom
Separate but Equal
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
The Angel Levine
Sally
The House of Dies Drear
Sheila Small
Percy & Thunder
Sugar Brown
A History of God
The Voice of History
Top Secret
Judith
To All My Friends on Shore
Serena Blue
TV Shows (11)
Law & Order
Satima Tate · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Mrs. Hatch · 3 eps
American Playhouse
Lee · 1 eps
The Cosby Show
Dr. Barbara Bracy · 1 eps
The Mod Squad
2 eps
The Bill Cosby Show
Dolores Winters · 2 eps
Soul Food
Ella Lester · 1 eps
The Outcasts
1 eps
The Atlanta Child Murders
Camille Bell · 2 eps
Separate but Equal
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall · 2 eps
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator · 2 eps
