Gloria Foster
November 15, 1933 (91 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Credits
- 2005 · A History of God as The Voice of History
- 2003 · The Matrix Reloaded as The Oracle
- 2002 · Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years as Narrator
- 2000 · Christianity: The Second Millennium as Herself - Narrator
- 2000 · Soul Food as Ella Lester
- 1999 · The Matrix as Oracle
- 1993 · Percy & Thunder as Sugar Brown
- 1991 · City of Hope as Jeanette
- 1991 · Separate but Equal as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
- 1991 · Separate But Equal as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
- 1990 · Law & Order as Satima Tate
- 1987 · Leonard Part 6 as Medusa
- 1985 · The Atlanta Child Murders as Camille Bell
- 1984 · The Cosby Show as Dr. Barbara Bracy
- 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
- 1971 · Man and Boy as Ivy Revers
- 1970 · The Angel Levine as Sally
- 1969 · The Bill Cosby Show as Dolores Winters
- 1968 · The Mod Squad as
- 1968 · The Outcasts as
- 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- 1967 · The Comedians as Mrs. Philipot
- 1964 · Nothing But a Man as Lee
- 1963 · The Cool World as Duke's Mom