Birthday:
Nov 15, 1933
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gloria Foster
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Matrix | Oracle | 1999 |
| The Matrix Reloaded | The Oracle | 2003 |
| Leonard Part 6 | Medusa | 1987 |
| Nothing But a Man | Lee | 1964 |
| The Comedians | Mrs. Philipot | 1967 |
| A History of God | The Voice of History | 2005 |
| Man and Boy | Ivy Revers | 1971 |
| To All My Friends on Shore | Serena Blue | 1972 |
| The Angel Levine | Sally | 1970 |
| Top Secret | Judith | 1978 |
| Percy & Thunder | Sugar Brown | 1993 |
| Separate But Equal | Vivian 'Buster' Marshall | 1991 |
| Coriolanus | Volumnia | 1979 |
| The House of Dies Drear | Sheila Small | 1984 |
| City of Hope | Jeanette | 1991 |
| The Cool World | Duke's Mom | 1963 |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| Law & Order | Satima Tate | 1990 |
| The Cosby Show | Dr. Barbara Bracy | 1984 |
| Soul Food | Ella Lester | 2000 |
| The Mod Squad | 1968 | |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Dolores Winters | 1969 |
| The Outcasts | 1968 | |
| Separate but Equal | Vivian 'Buster' Marshall | 1991 |
| Christianity: The Second Millennium | Herself - Narrator | 2000 |
| The Atlanta Child Murders | Camille Bell | 1985 |
| The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | 1968 |
| Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years | Narrator | 2002 |
