Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
11/15/1933
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
The Matrix
as Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded
as The Oracle
City of Hope
as Jeanette
The Comedians
as Mrs. Philipot
Percy & Thunder
as Sugar Brown
Coriolanus
as Volumnia
The Angel Levine
as Sally
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
as The Oracle
Nothing But a Man
as Lee
The Cool World
as Duke's Mom
Leonard Part 6
as Medusa
Separate But Equal
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Man and Boy
as Ivy Revers
Top Secret
as Judith
To All My Friends on Shore
as Serena Blue
The House of Dies Drear
as Sheila Small
A History of God
as The Voice of History