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