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.

Known For

Oracle

The Matrix

The Oracle

The Matrix Reloaded

Medusa

Leonard Part 6

Lee

Nothing But a Man

Mrs. Philipot

The Comedians

The Voice of History

A History of God

Ivy Revers

Man and Boy

Serena Blue

To All My Friends on Shore

Sally

The Angel Levine

Judith

Top Secret

Sugar Brown

Percy & Thunder

Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

Separate But Equal

Volumnia

Coriolanus

Sheila Small

The House of Dies Drear

Jeanette

City of Hope

Duke's Mom

The Cool World

The Oracle

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