Gloria Foster

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Gloria Foster

Acting November 15, 1933

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 pl…

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The Matrix

The Matrix

8.3 1999 Movie
The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Reloaded

7.1 2003 Movie
The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections

6.3 2021 Movie
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

7.0 1984 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad

6.1 1968 TV Show
The Bill Cosby Show

The Bill Cosby Show

5.5 1969 TV Show
Leonard Part 6

Leonard Part 6

2.9 1987 Movie
Soul Food

Soul Food

7.2 2000 TV Show
City of Hope

City of Hope

6.7 1991 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    The Matrix Resurrections

    Movie Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)

  2. 2005
    A History of God

    Movie The Voice of History

  3. 2004
    Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix

    Movie The Oracle

  4. 2003
    The Matrix Reloaded

    Movie The Oracle

  5. 2002
    Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

    TV show Narrator

  6. 2000
    Christianity: The Second Millennium

    TV show Herself - Narrator

  7. 2000
    Soul Food

    TV show Ella Lester

  8. 1999
    The Matrix

    Movie Oracle

  9. 1993
    Percy & Thunder

    Movie Sugar Brown

  10. 1991
    City of Hope

    Movie Jeanette

  11. 1991
    Separate but Equal

    Movie Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

  12. 1991
    Separate but Equal

    TV show Vivian 'Buster' Marshall

  13. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Satima Tate

  14. 1987
    Leonard Part 6

    Movie Medusa

  15. 1985
    The Atlanta Child Murders

    TV show Camille Bell

  16. 1984
    The Cosby Show

    TV show Dr. Barbara Bracy

More credits
  1. 1984
    The House of Dies Drear

    Movie Sheila Small

  2. 1982
    American Playhouse

    TV show Mrs. Hatch

  3. 1979
    Coriolanus

    Movie Volumnia

  4. 1978
    Top Secret

    Movie Judith

  5. 1972
    To All My Friends on Shore

    Movie Serena Blue

  6. 1971
    Man and Boy

    Movie Ivy Revers

  7. 1970
    The Angel Levine

    Movie Sally

  8. 1969
    The Bill Cosby Show

    TV show Dolores Winters

  9. 1968
    The Mod Squad

    TV show

  10. 1968
    The Outcasts

    TV show

  11. 1968
    The Dick Cavett Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  12. 1967
    The Comedians

    Movie Mrs. Philipot

  13. 1964
    Nothing But a Man

    Movie Lee

  14. 1964
    The Cool World

    Movie Duke's Mom