Who was Clarence Williams IIIs ex-wife Gloria Foster?
ACTOR Clarence Williams tragically died on June 4, 2021, in Los Angeles of colon cancer  The Mod Squad star was in a 17-year-marriage with fellow actor Gloria Foster, and the pair appeared on-screen together. Gloria Foster was an American actress. After a troubled childhood with an absent father and hospitalized mother, Gloria's godmother introduced her to the world of acting. Foster soon became one of only a few African American actors at the Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago. Gloria became known for her role in Broadway shows In White America and A Raisin In The Sun. She died on September 29, 2001, at age 67 of diabetes. Gloria is said to have been good friends with Hollywood icon Cicely Tyson. Williams III and Foster did not have any children together. The pair tied the knot in 1967 but divorced 17 years later in 1984. They starred on The Mod Squad together and were also in the film The Cool World in 1964 - which is where they first met. Despite their separation, Foster remained close friends with Williams, and her ex-husband announced her death to the public in 2001. Gloria worked closely with theatrical producer Joe Papp throughout her career. This included in productions of Long Day's Journey Into Night, Chekhov's Cherry Orchard, Brecht's Mother Courage and Shakespeare's Coriolanus. She also had an acclaimed role in the production of Having Our Say. But aside from a successful career on stage, Gloria took on roles in films and on TV. She starred in independent movie Nothing But A Man and TV shows I Spy, two episodes of Law & Order and The Cosby Show. 4 Williams III announced Gloria's death Credit: Getty  Most read in Celebrity 'CREEPY!' Scott Disick, 38, slammed for posting almost NAKED pic of Amelia Hamlin, 19 BE-HOTTIE Adam Levine and wife Behati pack on the PDA in Maui as model wears teeny bikini breakup blues ARod looks sad dining alone while ex JLo's romance with Ben Affleck heats up SWEET! Sutton says Kyle 'dragged her' to inject SUGAR filler instead of 'poisonous' Botox 'REST IN POWER' Clarence Williams III dead at 81 after Mod Squad star loses cancer battle  Foster also played the Oracle in the first two Matrix movies - The Matrix and The Matrix Reloaded. Foster sadly died during filming and did not appear in the subsequent movies. Foster won Obie Awards during her career.