Gloria Foster
Acting1933Chicago, 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
Acting History
2021
The Matrix Resurrections
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2005
A History of God
as The Voice of History
2004
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as The Oracle
2003
The Matrix Reloaded
as The Oracle
2002
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
TVas Narrator• 2 eps
2000
Christianity: The Second Millennium
TVas Herself - Narrator
Soul Food
TVas Ella Lester
1999
The Matrix
as Oracle
1993
Percy & Thunder
as Sugar Brown
1992
Law & Order
TVas Satima Tate• 2 eps
1991
Separate But Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
City of Hope
as Jeanette
Separate but Equal
TVas Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
1987
Leonard Part 6
as Medusa
The Cosby Show
TVas Dr. Barbara Bracy• 1 eps
1985
The Atlanta Child Murders
TVas Camille Bell• 2 eps
1984
The House of Dies Drear
as Sheila Small
1979
Coriolanus
as Volumnia
1978
Top Secret
as Judith
1972
To All My Friends on Shore
as Serena Blue
The Dick Cavett Show
TVas Self - Guest• 1 eps
1971
Man and Boy
as Ivy Revers
1970
The Angel Levine
as Sally
1969
The Bill Cosby Show
TVas Dolores Winters
1968
1967
The Comedians
as Mrs. Philipot
1964
Nothing But a Man
as Lee
1963
The Cool World
as Duke's Mom