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

Law & Order

The Matrix

The Cosby Show

The Dick Cavett Show

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Resurrections

The Mod Squad

The Bill Cosby Show

All Movies (18)

• The Matrix Resurrections2021 · as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
• A History of God2005 · as The Voice of History
• Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix2004 · as The Oracle
• The Matrix Reloaded2003 · as The Oracle
• The Matrix1999 · as Oracle
• Percy & Thunder1993 · as Sugar Brown
• City of Hope1991 · as Jeanette
• Separate But Equal1991 · as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
• Leonard Part 61987 · as Medusa
• The House of Dies Drear1984 · as Sheila Small
• Coriolanus1979 · as Volumnia
• Top Secret1978 · as Judith
• To All My Friends on Shore1972 · as Serena Blue
• Man and Boy1971 · as Ivy Revers
• The Angel Levine1970 · as Sally
• The Comedians1967 · as Mrs. Philipot
• Nothing But a Man1964 · as Lee
• The Cool World1964 · as Duke's Mom

All TV Shows (11)

• Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years2002 · as Narrator
• Christianity: The Second Millennium2000 · as Herself - Narrator
• Soul Food2000 · as Ella Lester
• Separate but Equal1991 · as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
• Law & Order1990 · as Satima Tate
• The Atlanta Child Murders1985 · as Camille Bell
• The Cosby Show1984 · as Dr. Barbara Bracy
• The Bill Cosby Show1969 · as Dolores Winters
• The Mod Squad1968
• The Outcasts1968
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest