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
1990
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
The Cosby Show
1984
American Playhouse
1982
American Playhouse
1982
The Matrix
1999
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
The Mod Squad
1968
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
The Outcasts
1968
Soul Food
2000
Filmography
Law & Order
as Satima Tate · 1990
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest · 1968
The Cosby Show
as Dr. Barbara Bracy · 1984
American Playhouse
as Mrs. Hatch · 1982
American Playhouse
as Lee · 1982
The Matrix
as Oracle · 1999
The Matrix Reloaded
as The Oracle · 2003
The Mod Squad
· 1968
The Matrix Resurrections
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2021
The Bill Cosby Show
as Dolores Winters · 1969
The Outcasts
· 1968
Soul Food
as Ella Lester · 2000
The Atlanta Child Murders
as Camille Bell · 1985
Separate but Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall · 1991
Nothing But a Man
as Lee · 1964
City of Hope
as Jeanette · 1991
Christianity: The Second Millennium
as Herself - Narrator · 2000
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
as Narrator · 2002
The House of Dies Drear
as Sheila Small · 1984
The Comedians
as Mrs. Philipot · 1967
Coriolanus
as Volumnia · 1979
The Angel Levine
as Sally · 1970
Separate but Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall · 1991
Man and Boy
as Ivy Revers · 1971
Leonard Part 6
as Medusa · 1987
Percy & Thunder
as Sugar Brown · 1993
To All My Friends on Shore
as Serena Blue · 1972
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as The Oracle · 2004
The Cool World
as Duke's Mom · 1964
A History of God
as The Voice of History · 2005
Top Secret
as Judith · 1978