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2 unusual facts about Gloria Foster


Gloria Foster

The Matrix Reloaded (2003)- Gloria Foster continued to act the role of the Oracle, but died during the filming and Mary Alice continued the role in The Matrix Revolutions and Enter the Matrix.

Her character in both Law and Order episodes was based on the widow of Malcolm X, Betty Shabazz.


Josephine Premice

Her next Broadway appearance garnered her a second Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony Award nomination for her role in A Hand Is on the Gate, where she performed African American poetry works alongside James Earl Jones, Cicely Tyson, and Gloria Foster.

Republic of Dahomey

Dahomey was chosen for some of the filming locations in the movie, The Comedians, with an all-star cast that included Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Lillian Gish, James Earl Jones, Roscoe Lee Brown, Alec Guinness, Raymond St. Jacques, Gloria Foster, Zakes Mokae, Paul Ford, Georg Stanford Brown, Peter Ustinov, Douta Seck and Cicely Tyson.


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