Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 15, 1933
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gloria Foster
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 - Movies
The Matrix
as Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded
as The Oracle
The Matrix Resurrections
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
City of Hope
as Jeanette
Leonard Part 6
as Medusa
Separate But Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Man and Boy
as Ivy Revers
The House of Dies Drear
as Sheila Small
The Comedians
as Mrs. Philipot
Coriolanus
as Volumnia
Known For - TV Shows
Law & Order
as Satima Tate
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Cosby Show
as Dr. Barbara Bracy
The Mod Squad
The Bill Cosby Show
as Dolores Winters
Soul Food
as Ella Lester
The Outcasts
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Camille Bell
Separate but Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator