
Person
Gloria Foster
Acting · 1933–2001 · 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

Law & Order
Satima Tate

The Matrix
Oracle

The Cosby Show
Dr. Barbara Bracy

The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest

American Playhouse
Mrs. Hatch

The Matrix Reloaded
The Oracle

The Matrix Resurrections
Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Mod Squad
1968

The Bill Cosby Show
Dolores Winters

The Outcasts
1968
Filmography
- 2021The Matrix ResurrectionsOracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2005A History of GodThe Voice of History
- 2004Return to Source: The Philosophy of The MatrixThe Oracle
- 2003The Matrix ReloadedThe Oracle
- 2002Christianity: The First Two Thousand YearsNarrator
- 2000Christianity: The Second MillenniumHerself - Narrator
- 2000Soul FoodElla Lester
- 1999The MatrixOracle
- 1993Percy & ThunderSugar Brown
- 1991City of HopeJeanette
- 1991Separate but EqualVivian 'Buster' Marshall
- 1991Separate but EqualVivian 'Buster' Marshall
- 1990Law & OrderSatima Tate
- 1987Leonard Part 6Medusa
- 1985The Atlanta Child MurdersCamille Bell
- 1984The Cosby ShowDr. Barbara Bracy
- 1984The House of Dies DrearSheila Small
- 1982American PlayhouseMrs. Hatch
- 1979CoriolanusVolumnia
- 1978Top SecretJudith
- 1972To All My Friends on ShoreSerena Blue
- 1971Man and BoyIvy Revers
- 1970The Angel LevineSally
- 1969The Bill Cosby ShowDolores Winters
- 1968The Mod Squad
- 1968The Outcasts
- 1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
- 1967The ComediansMrs. Philipot
- 1964Nothing But a ManLee
- 1964The Cool WorldDuke's Mom
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