Gloria Foster
Birthday
1933/11/15
Day of death
2001/09/29 (67 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(1999) The Matrix
as Oracle
(2003) The Matrix Reloaded
as The Oracle
(1987) Leonard Part 6
as Medusa
(1964) Nothing But a Man
as Lee
(1967) The Comedians
as Mrs. Philipot
(2005) A History of God
as The Voice of History
(1971) Man and Boy
as Ivy Revers
(1972) To All My Friends on Shore
as Serena Blue
(1970) The Angel Levine
as Sally
(1978) Top Secret
as Judith
(1993) Percy & Thunder
as Sugar Brown
(1991) Separate But Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
(1979) Coriolanus
as Volumnia
(1984) The House of Dies Drear
as Sheila Small
(1991) City of Hope
as Jeanette
(1963) The Cool World
as Duke's Mom
(1990) Law & Order
as Satima Tate
(1984) The Cosby Show
as Dr. Barbara Bracy
(2000) Soul Food
as Ella Lester
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1969) The Bill Cosby Show
as Dolores Winters
(1968) The Outcasts
as ---
(1991) Separate but Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
(2000) Christianity: The Second Millennium
as Herself - Narrator
(1985) The Atlanta Child Murders
as Camille Bell
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(2002) Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator