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Gloria Foster
Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster

ActingBorn November 15, 1933Died September 29, 2001 (age 67)Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

2021
The Matrix Resurrections

as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2005
A History of God

as The Voice of History

Movie
2003
The Matrix Reloaded

as The Oracle

Movie
2000TV
2000
Soul Food

as Ella Lester

TV
1999
The Matrix

as Oracle

Movie
1993
Percy & Thunder

as Sugar Brown

Movie
1991
City of Hope

as Jeanette

Movie
1991
Separate But Equal

as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

Movie
1991
Separate but Equal

as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

TV
1990
Law & Order

as Satima Tate

TV
1987Movie
1985TV
1984
The Cosby Show

as Dr. Barbara Bracy

TV
1984Movie
1979
Coriolanus

as Volumnia

Movie
1978
Top Secret

as Judith

Movie
1972Movie
1971
Man and Boy

as Ivy Revers

Movie
1970Movie
1969
The Bill Cosby Show

as Dolores Winters

TV
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1967
The Comedians

as Mrs. Philipot

Movie
1964Movie
1964
The Cool World

as Duke's Mom

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 15, 1933
Day of DeathSeptember 29, 2001
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
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