Gloria Foster
Acting
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.
Filmography 30
Movies (18)
The Matrix Resurrections2021Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
A History of God2005The Voice of History
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix2004The Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded2003The Oracle
The Matrix1999Oracle
Percy & Thunder1993Sugar Brown
City of Hope1991Jeanette
Separate but Equal1991Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Leonard Part 61987Medusa
The House of Dies Drear1984Sheila Small
Coriolanus1979Volumnia
Top Secret1978Judith
To All My Friends on Shore1972Serena Blue
Man and Boy1971Ivy Revers
The Angel Levine1970Sally
The Comedians1967Mrs. Philipot
Nothing But a Man1964Lee
The Cool World1964Duke's Mom
Shows (12)
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years2002Narrator- Christianity: The Second Millennium2000Herself - Narrator
Soul Food2000Ella Lester
Separate but Equal1991Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Law & Order1990Satima Tate
The Atlanta Child Murders1985Camille Bell
The Cosby Show1984Dr. Barbara Bracy
American Playhouse1982Mrs. Hatch
The Bill Cosby Show1969Dolores Winters
The Mod Squad1968
The Outcasts1968
The Dick Cavett Show1968Self - Guest