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