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Gloria Foster

Acting Born Nov 15, 1933 Chicago, Illinois, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Law & Order

as Satima Tate
Film

The Matrix

as Oracle

Teen Titans

as The Oracle

Full filmography

  • Law & Order (1990) as Satima Tate
  • The Matrix (1999) as Oracle
  • The Cosby Show (1984) as Dr. Barbara Bracy
  • The Dick Cavett Show (1968) as Self - Guest
  • The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as The Oracle
  • The Matrix Resurrections (2021) as Oracle (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • The Mod Squad (1968)
  • The Bill Cosby Show (1969) as Dolores Winters
  • Soul Food (2000) as Ella Lester
  • The Outcasts (1968)
  • The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) as Camille Bell
  • Separate but Equal (1991) as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
  • Leonard Part 6 (1987) as Medusa
  • City of Hope (1991) as Jeanette
  • The Comedians (1967) as Mrs. Philipot
  • Christianity: The Second Millennium (2000) as Herself - Narrator
  • Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2002) as Narrator
  • Man and Boy (1971) as Ivy Revers
  • Separate But Equal (1991) as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
  • Nothing But a Man (1964) as Lee
  • Coriolanus (1979) as Volumnia
  • The Angel Levine (1970) as Sally
  • Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix (2004) as The Oracle
  • Top Secret (1978) as Judith