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.
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Known For
Acting History
2005
A History of God as The Voice of History
2004Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix as The Oracle
2003The Matrix Reloaded as The Oracle
2002Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years as Narrator
2000Christianity: The Second Millennium as Herself - Narrator
2000Soul Food as Ella Lester
1999The Matrix as Oracle
1993Percy & Thunder as Sugar Brown
1991City of Hope as Jeanette
1991Separate But Equal as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
1991Separate but Equal as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
1990Law & Order as Satima Tate
1987Leonard Part 6 as Medusa
1985The Atlanta Child Murders as Camille Bell
1984The Cosby Show as Dr. Barbara Bracy
1984The House of Dies Drear as Sheila Small
1979Coriolanus as Volumnia
1978Top Secret as Judith
1972To All My Friends on Shore as Serena Blue
1971Man and Boy as Ivy Revers
1970The Angel Levine as Sally
1969The Bill Cosby Show as Dolores Winters
1968The Mod Squad
1968The Outcasts
1968The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
1967The Comedians as Mrs. Philipot
1964Nothing But a Man as Lee
1963The Cool World as Duke's Mom