Gloria Foster
Acting
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.
Born: November 15, 1933
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
The Matrix
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Nothing But a Man
A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
Law & Order
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
Return to Source: The Philosophy of The Matrix
An hour long discussion on the philosophical concepts that inspired, and are presented in the trilogy. This is one of the two feature-length documentaries on disc number 8 of the 10-Disc Ultimate Set.
The Matrix Reloaded
The Resistance builds in numbers as humans are freed from the Matrix and brought to the city of Zion. Neo discovers his superpowers, including the ability to see the code inside the Matrix. With machine sentinels digging to Zion in 72 hours, Neo, Morpheus and Trinity must find the Keymaker to ultimately reach the Source.
The Cosby Show
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
Soul Food
Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. Created by filmmaker George Tillman, Jr. and developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, Soul Food is based upon Tillman's childhood experiences growing up in Wisconsin, and is a continuation of his successful 1997 film of the same name. Having aired for 74 episodes, it is the longest running drama with a predominantly black cast in the history of North American prime-time television.
The Dick Cavett Show
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
City of Hope
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who has been helped along his whole life by his wealthy father. Other characters in this ensemble drama about urban conflict and corruption include Asteroid , an unstable homeless person, and Wynn, an idealistic young politician.
Separate But Equal
A dramatization of the events of Brown vs. Board of Education, the American court case that destroyed the legal validity of racial segregation.
Filmography
as The Voice of History
as The Oracle
as The Oracle
as Narrator
as Ella Lester
as Oracle
as Sugar Brown
as Jeanette
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
as Vivian 'Buster' Marshall
as Satima Tate
as Medusa
as Camille Bell
as Dr. Barbara Bracy
as Sheila Small
as Volumnia
as Judith
as Serena Blue
as Ivy Revers
as Sally
as Dolores Winters
as Self - Guest
as Mrs. Philipot
as Lee
as Duke's Mom