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Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster

Actor · 1933–2001 · 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.

Acted in 27

2000s

  1. 2005

    A History of God

    The Voice of History

  2. 2004

    Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

    The Oracle

  3. 2003
  4. 2000

1990s

  1. 1999
  2. 1993

    Percy & Thunder

    Sugar Brown

  3. 1991

    City of Hope

    Jeanette

  4. Separate but Equal

    Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

  5. Separate but Equal

    Vivian 'Buster' Marshall · 2 episodes

  6. 1990

1980s

  1. 1987

    Leonard Part 6

    Medusa

  2. 1985

    The Atlanta Child Murders

    Camille Bell · 2 episodes

  3. 1984
  4. 1982

1970s

  1. 1979
  2. 1978

    Top Secret

    Judith

  3. 1972

    To All My Friends on Shore

    Serena Blue

  4. 1971

    Man and Boy

    Ivy Revers

  5. 1970
Appearances2

2000s

  1. 2002

    Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

    Narrator · 2 episodes