Gloria foster biography

Gloria Foster

American actress

Gloria Foster

Foster in 1970

Born(1933-11-15)November 15, 1933

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

DiedSeptember 29, 2001(2001-09-29) (aged 67)

The Bronx, New York, U.S.

OccupationActress
Years active1963–2001
Spouse

Gloria Foster (November 15, 1933 – September 29, 2001)[1] was an American actress.

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She had acclaimed roles in plays In White America and Having Our Say,[2] winning three Obie Awards during her career. Foster played the Oracle in The Matrix (1999) and its first sequel, The Matrix Reloaded (2003). She played the role of the mother of Yusef Bell in the miniseries The Atlanta Child Murders which aired in 1985.[3]

Biography

Early life and education

Foster was born on November 15, 1933, in Chicago, Illinois.

As a young child, Foster was put into the custody of her maternal grandparents. Foster never knew who her father was and she moved to Janesvill Gloria Foster - The Movie Database (TMDB) HOZ