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Gloria Foster

Gloria Foster
Photo: ABC Television · Public domain

About

Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 - September 29, 2001) was an American actress whose career stretched across four decades of stage and screen work. She was a celebrated figure in New York theater, winning three Obie Awards - most notably for her performance in In White America. To film audiences worldwide she is best remembered as the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and The Matrix Reloaded (2003); she died of diabetes complications in September 2001 before her scenes for the third installment could be filmed.

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Obie Award prices for theatrical performance
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decades of active acting career (1963-2001)

What's new

  • 2021-12

    Archive footage of Gloria Foster as the Oracle from the first Matrix film was used in the fourth installment of the Matrix Resurrections series (December 2021).

Tracks

The Matrix (1999)role of the Oracle (Witch) - her most famous film performance
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)second Matrix film, released posthumously
In White America (1963)off-Broadway theatrical piece for which she won her first Obie Award
Having Our Say (1995)Broadway production, third Obie Award
Nothing But a Man (1964)film debut, considered a milestone in African American cinema

😴 Nothing scheduled with this artist in the near future.

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