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Gloria Foster Biography (1936-2001)

Born November 15, 1936, in Chicago, IL; married Clarence Williams III (an actor), November, 1967.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

November 15, 1936

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Death Details

September 29, 2001

New York, New York

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• OFF-BROADWAY DEBUT--In White America, Sheridan Square Playhouse, 1963.
• Ruth, A Raisin in the Sun, Regent Theatre, Syracuse, NY, 1961.
• Andromache, The Trojan Women, Murray Theatre, Ravinia, IL, 1965.
• title role, Medea, Martinique Theatre, New York City, 1965-66.
• title role, Yerma, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, New York City, 1966-67.
• Hippolyta and Titania, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Theatre De Lys, New York City, 1967.
• title role, "Sister Son/ji" in Black Visions, New York Shakespeare Festival (NYSF), Public Theater, New York City, 1972.
• Lubov Andreyevna Ranevskaya, The Cherry Orchard, NYSF, Public Theatre, 1973.
• Clytemnestra, Agamemnon, NYSF, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1977.
• Volumnia, Coriolanus, NYSF, Public Theatre, then Delacorte Theatre, both1979.
• Mother Courage, Mother Courage and Her Children, NYSF, Public Theatre, 1980.
• Mary Tyrone, Long Day's Journey into Night, Theater at St. Peter's Church, New York City, then Public Theatre, both 1981.
• Molly Hoffenburg, The Forbidden City, NYSF, Public Theatre, 1989.
• Also appeared as an understudy in Purlie Victorious, Cort Theatre, then Longacre Theatre, both New York City, 1961-62; in A Hand Is on the Gate, Longacre Theatre, 1966; A Dream Play, Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL, 1967; as titlerole, Medea, Oparre, Wingless Victory, and Sabina, The Skin of Our Teeth, all Goodman Theatre; and as Jocasta, Oedipus Rex, Hecuba, The Trojan Women, andVolumnia, Coriolanus, all Court Theatre, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Ruth, A Raisin in the Sun, U.S. cities, 1962.
• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• FILM DEBUT--Mrs. Custis, The Cool World, Cinema V, 1963.
• Lee, Nothing But a Man, Cinema V, 1964.
• Mrs. Philpot, The Comedians, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967.
• Sally, The Angel Levine, United Artists, 1970.
• Ivy Revers, Man and Boy, Levitt-Pickman, 1972.
• Medusa, Leonard, Part 6, Columbia, 1987.
• TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MINI-SERIES Camille Bell, The Atlanta Child Murders, CBS, 1985.
• Credits; PILOTS
• Judith, Top Secret, NBC, 1978.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Serena, To All My Friends on Shore, CBS, 1972.
• Also appeared in Shakespeare's Women.