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Profile of Gloria Foster
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Gloria Foster |
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15th November 1933 |
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Chicago, Illinois, USA |
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Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 - September 29, 2001) was an American actress born in Chicago, Illinois. She was perhaps best known as The Oracle in The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded.
Before becoming known on the big screen, Foster had a long career in theater, winning two Obie Awards over the course of her career for her performances in In White America and A Raisin in the Sun. She was also active in television, appearing in such programs as I Spy and Law & Order.
She died, in New York City, from diabetes and was interred in the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn.
Filmography
- Films
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003) as the Oracle
- The Matrix (1999) as The Oracle
- City of Hope (1991) as Jeanette
- Leonard Part 6 (1987) as Medusa
- Top Secret (1978) (TV) as Judith
- Man and Boy (1972) as Ivy Revers
- The Angel Levine (1970) as Sally
- The Comedians (1967) as Mrs. Philipot
- Nothing But a Man (1964) as Lee
- The Cool World (1963) as Mrs. Custis
- Television
- Percy & Thunder (1993) as Sugar Brown
- Separate But Equal (1991) as Buster
- The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) (miniseries) as Camille Bell
- House of Dies Drear (1984) as Sheila Small
- The Files on Jill Hatch (1983) as Mrs. Hatch
- To All My Friends on Shore (1972) as Serena
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