Gloria Foster
Known for ActingBorn 1933-11-15 — died 2001-09-29Chicago, 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.
Known for
The Matrix
1999 · as Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded
2003 · as The Oracle
The Matrix Resurrections
2021 · as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nothing But a Man
1964 · as Lee
Coriolanus
1979 · as Volumnia
Leonard Part 6
1987 · as Medusa
City of Hope
1991 · as Jeanette
Man and Boy
1971 · as Ivy Revers
The Comedians
1967 · as Mrs. Philipot
Separate but Equal
1991 · as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
A History of God
2005 · as The Voice of History
Percy & Thunder
1993 · as Sugar Brown
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004 · as The Oracle
The Angel Levine
1970 · as Sally
The Cool World
1964 · as Duke's Mom
Top Secret
1978 · as Judith
The House of Dies Drear
1984 · as Sheila Small
To All My Friends on Shore
1972 · as Serena Blue