Actor
Gloria Foster
Born 1933 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Acting
The Matrix
Oracle · 1999
The Matrix Reloaded
The Oracle · 2003
The Matrix Resurrections
Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2021
Law & Order
Satima Tate · 1990
The Cosby Show
Dr. Barbara Bracy · 1984
Nothing But a Man
Lee · 1964
City of Hope
Jeanette · 1991
The Comedians
Mrs. Philipot · 1967
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
The Oracle · 2004
Top Secret
Judith · 1978
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · 1968
Soul Food
Ella Lester · 2000
Separate But Equal
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall · 1991
The Cool World
Duke's Mom · 1964
The House of Dies Drear
Sheila Small · 1984
Percy & Thunder
Sugar Brown · 1993
The Bill Cosby Show
Dolores Winters · 1969
The Atlanta Child Murders
Camille Bell · 1985
To All My Friends on Shore
Serena Blue · 1972
Man and Boy
Ivy Revers · 1971
Separate but Equal
Vivian 'Buster' Marshall · 1991
The Angel Levine
Sally · 1970
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator · 2002
Coriolanus
Volumnia · 1979