Gloria Foster
American actress (1933-2001) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 67
Gloria Foster was an American actress. She had acclaimed roles in plays such as In White America and Having Our Say, winning three Obie Awards during her career. Foster played the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and its first sequel, The Matrix Reloaded (2003).
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Percy & ThunderFilm, Sugar Brown1991
Separate but EqualSeries, Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
City of HopeFilm, 1991Jeanette1990
Law & OrderSeries, Satima Tate1987
Leonard Part 6Film, Medusa1985
The Atlanta Child MurdersSeries, Camille Bell1984
The Cosby ShowSeries, Dr. Barbara Bracy
The House of Dies DrearFilm, 1984Sheila Small1982
American PlayhouseSeries, Mrs. Hatch1979
CoriolanusFilm, Volumnia1978
Top SecretFilm, Judith1971
Man and BoyFilm, Ivy Revers1970
The Angel LevineFilm, Sally1969
The Bill Cosby ShowSeries, Dolores Winters1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries
The Mod SquadSeries, 19681967
The ComediansFilm, Mrs. Philipot1966Theatre World AwardAward1964
Nothing But a ManFilm, Lee1933Born15 November 1933People around Gloria
Bill Cosby Produced Leonard Part 6 and Man and Boy
Moses Gunn Also in Nothing But a Man (1964)
Harry Belafonte Produced The Angel Levine (1970)
James Earl Jones Also in The Comedians (1968)
Yaphet Kotto Also in Nothing but a Man and Man and Boy
Joe Morton Also in City of Hope and Conspiracy
Mary Alice Duets: Oracle
Frederick Wiseman Produced The Cool World (1964)
Joel Silver Produced The Matrix (1999)
Ján Kadár Directed The Angel Levine (1970)
Peter Glenville Directed The Comedians (1968)- Shirley Clarke Directed The Cool World (1964)
Ivan Dixon Also in Nothing but a Man (1964)- Robert Milton Young Produced Nothing but a Man (1964)
Lilly Wachowski Directed The Matrix (1999)
Mel Stewart Also in The Cool World and Nothing But a Man- Zakes Mokae Also in The Comedians and Percy & Thunder
- John Erman Directed The Atlanta Child Murders (1985)
George Stevens, Jr. Directed Separate But Equal (1991)
Paul Weiland Directed Leonard Part 6 (1987)- Richard Ward Also in Nothing But a Man and The Cool World
E.W. Swackhamer Directed Man and Boy (1971)
Edwin Sherin Directed Conspiracy (1993)
Michael Roemer Directed Nothing but a Man (1964)
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The Matrix 1999
The Matrix Reloaded 2003
The Matrix Resurrections 2021
Leonard Part 6 1987
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Television 12
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She played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the miniseries The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985.
