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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Matrix (1999) — Oracle
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The Matrix Reloaded (2003) — The Oracle
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The Matrix Resurrections (2021) — Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Law & Order (1990) — Satima Tate
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The Cosby Show (1984) — Dr. Barbara Bracy
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Leonard Part 6 (1987) — Medusa
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The Comedians (1967) — Mrs. Philipot
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City of Hope (1991) — Jeanette
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Nothing But a Man (1964) — Lee
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The Mod Squad (1968)
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The Cool World (1964) — Duke's Mom
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
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The Bill Cosby Show (1969) — Dolores Winters
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Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix (2004) — The Oracle
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Separate but Equal (1991) — Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
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Soul Food (2000) — Ella Lester
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The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) — Camille Bell
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The Angel Levine (1970) — Sally
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American Playhouse (1982) — Mrs. Hatch
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To All My Friends on Shore (1972) — Serena Blue
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The Outcasts (1968)
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Man and Boy (1971) — Ivy Revers
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Coriolanus (1979) — Volumnia
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Separate but Equal (1991) — Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
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Top Secret (1978) — Judith
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Percy & Thunder (1993) — Sugar Brown
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The House of Dies Drear (1984) — Sheila Small
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Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2002) — Narrator
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A History of God (2005) — The Voice of History
- Christianity: The Second Millennium (2000) — Herself - Narrator