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.
27Credits9 TV · 18 films
1964–2021Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedTop Secret
6.6 Average ratingacross 26 titles
Top TV shows 9best Gloria Foster shows
- 1
Law & OrderSatima Tate · 2 eps · 1990 - 2
Soul FoodElla Lester · 1 ep · 2000 - 3
The Cosby ShowDr. Barbara Bracy · 1 ep · 1984 - 4
The Outcasts1 ep · 1968 - 5
The Mod Squad2 eps · 1968 - 6
Separate but EqualVivian 'Buster' Marshall · 2 eps · 1991 - 7
Christianity: The First Two Thousand YearsNarrator · 2 eps · 2002 - 8
The Atlanta Child MurdersCamille Bell · 2 eps · 1985 - 9
The Bill Cosby ShowDolores Winters · 2 eps · 1969
Top movies 18best Gloria Foster movies
- 1
Top SecretJudith · 1978 - 2
The MatrixOracle · 1999 · Action - 3
Percy & ThunderSugar Brown · 1993 - 4
The House of Dies DrearSheila Small · 1984 - 5
Nothing But a ManLee · 1964 - 6
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The MatrixThe Oracle · 2004 - 7
The Matrix ReloadedThe Oracle · 2003 · Adventure - 8
City of HopeJeanette · 1991 - 9
To All My Friends on ShoreSerena Blue · 1972 - 10
Man and BoyIvy Revers · 1971 - 11Separate But EqualVivian 'Buster' Marshall · 1991
- 12
The Matrix ResurrectionsOracle (archive footage) (uncredited) · 2021 - 13
The ComediansMrs. Philipot · 1967 - 14
The Cool WorldDuke's Mom · 1964 - 15
The Angel LevineSally · 1970 - 16
CoriolanusVolumnia · 1979 - 17
Leonard Part 6Medusa · 1987 - 18
A History of GodThe Voice of History · 2005