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. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Chicago, colloquially known as the Second City and the Windy City, is the third-largest city in population in the United States and the largest inland city in the country. ... The Oracle is a fictional character portrayed by Gloria Foster (and later, by Mary Alice) within the Matrix series of films created by the Wachowski brothers. ... The Matrix is a film first released in the USA on March 31, 1999, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers (Andy and Larry). ... The Matrix Reloaded is the second installment of the Matrix series, written and directed by the Wachowski brothers and released by Warner Bros. ...

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. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... The Obie Awards, short for Off-Broadway Theater Awards, are annual awards bestowed by the newspaper The Village Voice on theater artists performing in New York City. ... Lorraine Hansberrys 1959 A Raisin in the Sun was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway. ... The I-Spy books were spotters guides written for English children, particularly successful in the 1950s and 60s. ... Law & Order is the longest-running primetime drama currently on American television. ...

She died, in New York City, from diabetes and was interred in the Cypress Hills Cemetery in Brooklyn. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... Cypress Hills Cemetery, the first nonsectarian cemetery corporation organized in the Brooklyn/Queens area of New York, is located at 833 Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn, New York. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...

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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External links

• Gloria Foster at the Internet Movie Database