Gloria Foster
Known for Acting
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
1999
as Oracle
The Matrix Reloaded
2003
as The Oracle
The Matrix Resurrections
2021
as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
City of Hope
1991
as Jeanette
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Lee
Leonard Part 6
1987
as Medusa
Coriolanus
1979
as Volumnia
The Angel Levine
1970
as Sally
Separate But Equal
1991
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
Percy & Thunder
1993
as Sugar Brown
The House of Dies Drear
1984
as Sheila Small
The Comedians
1967
as Mrs. Philipot
Man and Boy
1971
as Ivy Revers
The Cool World
1964
as Duke's Mom
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
2004
as The Oracle
To All My Friends on Shore
1972
as Serena Blue
Top Secret
1978
as Judith
A History of God
2005
as The Voice of History