Acting
Gloria Foster
Birth Date
November 15, 1933
Death Date
September 29, 2001
(passed away at 67)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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.
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Law & Order
Satima Tate
1990 • 2 episodes
American Playhouse
Mrs. Hatch
1982 • 3 episodes
The Matrix
Oracle
1999
The Cosby Show
Dr. Barbara Bracy
1984 • 1 episode
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968 • 1 episode
The Matrix Reloaded
The Oracle
2003
The Matrix Resurrections
Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
The Mod Squad
1968 • 2 episodes
The Bill Cosby Show
Dolores Winters
1969 • 2 episodes
Soul Food
Ella Lester
2000 • 1 episode
The Outcasts
1968 • 1 episode
The Atlanta Child Murders
Camille Bell
1985 • 2 episodes
City of Hope
Jeanette
1991
Separate but Equal
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
1991 • 2 episodes
The Comedians
Mrs. Philipot
1967
Separate but Equal
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
1991
Nothing But a Man
Lee
1964
Leonard Part 6
Medusa
1987
Coriolanus
Volumnia
1979
The Angel Levine
Sally
1970