Born 1933 (age 67) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Appears in 29 titles

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

The Matrix
8.2
The Matrix
1999
as Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded
7.1
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as The Oracle
The Matrix Resurrections
6.3
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
Leonard Part 6
2.9
Leonard Part 6
1987
as Medusa
The Comedians
6.1
The Comedians
1967
as Mrs. Philipot
City of Hope
6.8
City of Hope
1991
as Jeanette
Nothing But a Man
7.4
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Lee
The Cool World
5.5
The Cool World
1964
as Duke's Mom
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
Separate But Equal
6.5
Separate But Equal
1991
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
The Angel Levine
5.4
The Angel Levine
1970
as Sally
To All My Friends on Shore
6.8
To All My Friends on Shore
1972
as Serena Blue
Man and Boy
6.7
Man and Boy
1971
as Ivy Revers
Coriolanus
5.0
Coriolanus
1979
as Volumnia
Top Secret
10.0
Top Secret
1978
as Judith
Percy & Thunder
8.0
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Sugar Brown
The House of Dies Drear
8.0
The House of Dies Drear
1984
as Sheila Small
A History of God
A History of God
2005
as The Voice of History