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Gloria Foster

Acting · Born 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 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.

Gloria Foster movies and shows

  • Law & Order1990
  • The Dick Cavett Show1968
  • The Cosby Show1984
  • The Matrix1999
  • American Playhouse1982
  • The Matrix Reloaded2003
  • The Mod Squad1968
  • The Matrix Resurrections2021
  • The Bill Cosby Show1969
  • The Outcasts1968
  • Soul Food2000
  • The Atlanta Child Murders1985
  • Separate but Equal1991
  • Nothing But a Man1964
  • Leonard Part 61987
  • Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years2002
  • City of Hope1991
  • Separate but Equal1991
  • To All My Friends on Shore1972
  • Percy & Thunder1993
  • Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix2004
  • The Comedians1967
  • The Cool World1964
  • The House of Dies Drear1984