Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born November 15, 1933
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.
MovieThe Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieA History of God
2005
as The Voice of History
MovieReturn to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004
as The Oracle
MovieThe Matrix Reloaded
2003
as The Oracle
TVChristianity: The First Two Thousand Years
2002
as Narrator
Christianity: The Second Millennium
2000
as Herself - Narrator
TVSoul Food
2000
as Ella Lester
MovieThe Matrix
1999
as Oracle
MoviePercy & Thunder
1993
as Sugar Brown
MovieCity of Hope
1991
as Jeanette
MovieSeparate but Equal
1991
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
TVSeparate but Equal
1991
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Satima Tate
MovieLeonard Part 6
1987
as Medusa
TVThe Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Camille Bell
TVThe Cosby Show
1984
as Dr. Barbara Bracy
MovieThe House of Dies Drear
1984
as Sheila Small
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as Mrs. Hatch
MovieCoriolanus
1979
as Volumnia
MovieTop Secret
1978
as Judith
MovieTo All My Friends on Shore
1972
as Serena Blue
MovieMan and Boy
1971
as Ivy Revers
MovieThe Angel Levine
1970
as Sally
TVThe Bill Cosby Show
1969
as Dolores Winters
TVThe Mod Squad
1968
TVThe Outcasts
1968
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
MovieThe Comedians
1967
as Mrs. Philipot
MovieNothing But a Man
1964
as Lee
MovieThe Cool World
1964
as Duke's Mom
