Gloria Foster
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.
Acted in
A History of God
2005
as The Voice of History
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as The Oracle
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
as Narrator
Christianity: The Second Millennium
2000
as Herself - Narrator
Soul Food
2000
as Ella Lester
The Matrix
1999
as Oracle
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Sugar Brown
City of Hope
1991
as Jeanette
Separate But Equal
1991
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Separate but Equal
1991
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Law & Order
1990
as Satima Tate
Leonard Part 6
1987
as Medusa
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Camille Bell
The Cosby Show
1984
as Dr. Barbara Bracy
The House of Dies Drear
1984
as Sheila Small
Coriolanus
1979
as Volumnia
Top Secret
1978
as Judith
To All My Friends on Shore
1972
as Serena Blue
Man and Boy
1971
as Ivy Revers
The Angel Levine
1970
as Sally
The Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Dolores Winters
The Mod Squad
1968
The Outcasts
1968
The Comedians
1967
as Mrs. Philipot
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Lee
The Cool World
1963
as Duke's Mom