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