Gloria Foster
Known For
Acting
Born
1933-11-15 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
2001-09-29
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order
as Satima Tate
The Cosby Show
as Dr. Barbara Bracy
The Matrix
as Oracle
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Matrix Reloaded
as The Oracle
The Matrix Resurrections
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mod Squad
Coriolanus
as Volumnia
The Outcasts
The Bill Cosby Show
as Dolores Winters
Soul Food
as Ella Lester
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Camille Bell
Man and Boy
as Ivy Revers
Leonard Part 6
as Medusa
Separate but Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Christianity: The Second Millennium
as Herself - Narrator
The Angel Levine
as Sally
City of Hope
as Jeanette
Nothing But a Man
as Lee
The Comedians
as Mrs. Philipot