Gloria Foster
E444427
Gloria Foster was an American actress best known for her acclaimed stage work and for portraying the Oracle in the first two films of The Matrix trilogy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gloria Foster canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4330580 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gloria Foster Context triple: [The Matrix Reloaded, starring, Gloria Foster]
-
A.
Gloria Lloyd
Gloria Lloyd is the daughter of legendary silent film comedian Harold Lloyd and was part of his prominent Hollywood family.
-
B.
Myrna Smith
Myrna Smith was an American soul and gospel singer best known as a member of the vocal group The Sweet Inspirations, who frequently recorded and toured with artists like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin.
-
C.
Gloria Page
Gloria Page is known as the mother of Larry Page, the co-founder of Google.
-
D.
Gloria Matthews
Gloria Matthews is a central character in Terry McMillan’s novel and its film adaptation "Waiting to Exhale," portrayed as a single mother navigating love, self-worth, and friendship.
-
E.
Vivian Moore
Vivian Moore is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Moore.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gloria Foster Target entity description: Gloria Foster was an American actress best known for her acclaimed stage work and for portraying the Oracle in the first two films of The Matrix trilogy.
-
A.
Gloria Lloyd
Gloria Lloyd is the daughter of legendary silent film comedian Harold Lloyd and was part of his prominent Hollywood family.
-
B.
Myrna Smith
Myrna Smith was an American soul and gospel singer best known as a member of the vocal group The Sweet Inspirations, who frequently recorded and toured with artists like Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin.
-
C.
Gloria Page
Gloria Page is known as the mother of Larry Page, the co-founder of Google.
-
D.
Gloria Matthews
Gloria Matthews is a central character in Terry McMillan’s novel and its film adaptation "Waiting to Exhale," portrayed as a single mother navigating love, self-worth, and friendship.
-
E.
Vivian Moore
Vivian Moore is a notable individual distinguished enough to be recognized as a prominent bearer of the surname Moore.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
actress
ⓘ
film actress ⓘ human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2001 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Obie Award ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cremated (ashes given to family) ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | diabetes-related complications ⓘ |
| childhoodRaisedIn | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-11-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-09-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Goodman School of Drama
ⓘ
linked to:
The Theatre School
Yale School of Drama ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
African American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| familyName | Foster ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | performing arts ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| givenName | Gloria ⓘ |
| hasEthnicity | African-American ⓘ |
| hasIMDbId | nm0287752 ⓘ |
| hasRelative | maternal grandmother (guardian in childhood) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
acclaimed stage performances
ⓘ
portraying the Oracle in The Matrix film series ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | divorced from Clarence Williams III ⓘ |
| name | Gloria Foster ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableStageWork | Off-Broadway drama productions ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Matrix
ⓘ
The Matrix Reloaded ⓘ |
| occupation | actress ⓘ |
| performedIn |
Broadway productions
ⓘ
Off-Broadway productions ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| portrayedIn |
The Matrix (1999 film)
ⓘ
linked to:
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded (2003 film) ⓘ
linked to:
The Matrix Reloaded
|
| religion | Baptist ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City, New York, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
New York City
|
| role |
Oracle in The Matrix
ⓘ
linked to:
The Oracle in The Matrix Reloaded
Oracle in The Matrix Reloaded ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| spouse | Clarence Williams III ⓘ |
| workedIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ theatre ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Gloria Foster Description of subject: Gloria Foster was an American actress best known for her acclaimed stage work and for portraying the Oracle in the first two films of The Matrix trilogy.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.