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Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster

Born: 1933-11-15 • 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.

Filmography
The Matrix Resurrections poster
The Matrix Resurrections
2021 • Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
A History of God poster
A History of God
2005 • The Voice of History
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix poster
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004 • The Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded poster
The Matrix Reloaded
2003 • The Oracle
The Matrix poster
The Matrix
1999 • Oracle
Percy & Thunder poster
Percy & Thunder
1993 • Sugar Brown
City of Hope poster
City of Hope
1991 • Jeanette
Separate But Equal poster
Separate But Equal
1991 • Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Leonard Part 6 poster
Leonard Part 6
1987 • Medusa
The House of Dies Drear poster
The House of Dies Drear
1984 • Sheila Small
Coriolanus poster
Coriolanus
1979 • Volumnia
Top Secret poster
Top Secret
1978 • Judith
To All My Friends on Shore poster
To All My Friends on Shore
1972 • Serena Blue
Man and Boy poster
Man and Boy
1971 • Ivy Revers
The Angel Levine poster
The Angel Levine
1970 • Sally
The Comedians poster
The Comedians
1967 • Mrs. Philipot
Nothing But a Man poster
Nothing But a Man
1964 • Lee
The Cool World poster
The Cool World
1963 • Duke's Mom