Gloria Foster
Born: 1933-11-15 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 2001-09-29
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2005
- A History of God as The Voice of History
2004
- Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix as The Oracle
2003
- The Matrix Reloaded as The Oracle
2002
- Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years as Narrator
2000
- Soul Food as Ella Lester
- Christianity: The Second Millennium as Herself - Narrator
1999
- The Matrix as Oracle
1993
- Percy & Thunder as Sugar Brown
1991
- City of Hope as Jeanette
- Separate But Equal as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
- 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
- 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 Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Mod Squad
- The Outcasts
1967
- The Comedians as Mrs. Philipot
1964
- Nothing But a Man as Lee
1963
- The Cool World as Duke's Mom