Gloria Foster
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1933-11-15 – 2001-09-29
Place of birth: 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.
Known for
The Matrix
1999Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded
2003The Oracle
Leonard Part 6
1987Medusa
Nothing But a Man
1964Lee
The Comedians
1967Mrs. Philipot
A History of God
2005The Voice of History
Man and Boy
1971Ivy Revers
To All My Friends on Shore
1972Serena Blue
The Angel Levine
1970Sally
Top Secret
1978Judith
Percy & Thunder
1993Sugar Brown
Separate But Equal
1991Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Coriolanus
1979Volumnia
The House of Dies Drear
1984Sheila Small
City of Hope
1991Jeanette
The Cool World
1964Duke's Mom
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004The Oracle