Mary Alice
Mary Alice was born on December 3, 1936 in Indianola, Mississippi, USA to parents Ozelar Jurnakin (Smith) and Sam Smith.
She was an actress, known for The Matrix Revolutions (2003), Awakenings (1990) and Malcolm X (1992). She taught in Elementary School before her acting career took off. When she was still a struggling actress doing stage plays, she made a living doing her castmate's laundry for a salary of $200 a week. She was a lifelong liberal Democrat, feminist, and civil rights activist. Was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2000. She retired from acting in 2005.
She died of natural causes on July 27, 2022 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Upon her death, she was buried with her siblings at Oak Wood Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois, in regard for her last wishes.
Known for
Law & Order
Virginia Bryan
Green Acres
Oz
Eugenia Hill
L.A. Law
Maxine Manley
Sanford and Son
Police Woman
Great Performances
Touched by an Angel
Georgia Bishop
Providence
Abby Franklin
A Different World
Lettie Bostic
Performance
Black lady
The Matrix Revolutions
The Oracle
Good Times
Cosby
Malcolm X
School Teacher
The Jury
Soul Food
Mrs. Pettaway
Awakenings
Nurse Margaret
A Perfect World
Lottie
I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away
Marguerite Peck
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Annie Lamb
Beat Street
Cora
Kojak
Joyce
Bed of Roses
Alice
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Gordon
Teachers
Linda Ganz
Laurel Avenue
Maggie Arnett
Sunshine State
Eunice Stokes
The Women of Brewster Place
Fannie Michael
Sparkle
Effie
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
The Inkwell
Evelyn
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Dolores Williams
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Self
The Photographer
Violet
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Blind Lily
To Sleep with Anger
Suzie
Lawman Without a Gun
Minnie Hayward
Down in the Delta
Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
The Last Brickmaker in America
Dorothy Cobb
The Brass Ring
Mrs. Hauser
The Education of Sonny Carson
Moms
The Vernon Johns Story
Altona
The Mother
Black Lady
The Killing Floor
Lilah Dean
A Different World
Leticia Bostic
The Wishing Tree
Mattie
Sty of the Blind Pig
Alberta Warren
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
Beck
Heading Home
Mary Jones
Just an Old Sweet Song
Helen Mayfield
The Burly Man Chronicles
Joshua's World
Housekeeper