Gloria Foster
About the person
Career:
Acting
Date of birth:1933-11-15
Place of birth:Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender:Female
Popularity:1
Date of death2001-09-29
67Biography
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
Rating by year
- The Matrix ResurrectionsOracle (archive footage) (uncredited)2021-12-166.36,523
- A History of GodThe Voice of History2005-04-260.00
- Return to Source: The Philosophy of The MatrixThe Oracle2004-12-077.317
- The Matrix ReloadedThe Oracle2003-05-157.112,035
- Christianity: The First Two Thousand YearsNarrator2002-06-016.01
- Christianity: The Second MillenniumHerself - Narrator2000-12-170.00
- Soul FoodElla Lester2000-06-287.214
- The MatrixOracle1999-03-318.328,095
- Percy & ThunderSugar Brown1993-09-078.01
- City of HopeJeanette1991-10-116.839
- Separate But EqualVivian 'Buster' Marshall1991-04-076.514
- Separate but EqualVivian 'Buster' Marshall1991-04-076.03
- Law & OrderSatima Tate1990-09-137.3693
- Leonard Part 6Medusa1987-12-182.972
- The Atlanta Child MurdersCamille Bell1985-02-105.813
- The Cosby ShowDr. Barbara Bracy1984-09-207.0488
- The House of Dies DrearSheila Small1984-06-018.01
- CoriolanusVolumnia1979-03-315.03
- Top SecretJudith1978-06-0410.01
- To All My Friends on ShoreSerena Blue1972-02-256.84
- Man and BoyIvy Revers1971-06-236.73
- The Angel LevineSally1970-07-285.48
- The Bill Cosby ShowDolores Winters1969-09-145.519
- The Mod Squad1968-09-246.127
- The Outcasts1968-09-236.54
- The ComediansMrs. Philipot1967-10-316.147
- Nothing But a ManLee1964-12-277.437
- The Cool WorldDuke's Mom1964-04-205.522