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Gloria Foster

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: Acting

Born: Chicago, Illinois, USA, 1933-11-15

Died: 2001-09-29

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	The Cool World	Duke's Mom	54
2	1964	Nothing But a Man	Lee	74
3	1967	The Comedians	Mrs. Philipot	61
4	1970	The Angel Levine	Sally	57
5	1971	Man and Boy	Ivy Revers	60
6	1972	To All My Friends on Shore	Serena Blue	57
7	1978	Top Secret	Judith	0
8	1979	Coriolanus	Volumnia	35
9	1984	The House of Dies Drear	Sheila Small	0
10	1987	Leonard Part 6	Medusa	28
11	1991	Separate But Equal	Vivian 'Buster' Marshall	65
12	1991	City of Hope	Jeanette	67
13	1993	Percy & Thunder	Sugar Brown	0
14	1999	The Matrix	Oracle	82
15	2003	The Matrix Reloaded	The Oracle	71
16	2005	A History of God	The Voice of History	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1968	The Dick Cavett Show	Self - Guest	67
2	1968	The Outcasts		53
3	1968	The Mod Squad		63
4	1969	The Bill Cosby Show	Dolores Winters	54
5	1984	The Cosby Show	Dr. Barbara Bracy	70
6	1985	The Atlanta Child Murders	Camille Bell	60
7	1990	Law & Order	Satima Tate	74
8	1991	Separate but Equal	Vivian 'Buster' Marshall	60
9	2000	Soul Food	Ella Lester	70
10	2000	Christianity: The Second Millennium	Herself - Narrator	0
11	2002	Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years	Narrator	60