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.
The Matrix Revolutions
(The Oracle)
Awakenings
(Nurse Margaret)
Bed of Roses
(Alice)
Sparkle
(Effie)
A Perfect World
(Lottie)
The Mother
(Black Lady)
The Education of Sonny Carson
(Moms)
Down in the Delta
(Rosa Lynn Sinclair)
The Women of Brewster Place
(Fannie Michael)
The Matrix Recalibrated
(Self)
The Vernon Johns Story
(Altona)
To Sleep with Anger
(Suzie)
What I Want My Words to Do to You
(Self)
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
(Beck)
The Brass Ring
(Mrs. Hauser)
Teachers
(Linda Ganz)
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
(Blind Lily)
Malcolm X
(School Teacher)
The Inkwell
(Evelyn)
The Photographer
(Violet)
The Last Brickmaker in America
(Dorothy Cobb)
Joshua's World
(Housekeeper)
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
(Dolores Williams)
Beat Street
(Cora)
Lawman Without a Gun
(Minnie Hayward)
The Wishing Tree
(Mattie)
Life with Mikey
(Mrs. Gordon)
Heading Home
(Mary Jones)
Sty of the Blind Pig
(Alberta Warren)
The Burly Man Chronicles
Just an Old Sweet Song
(Helen Mayfield)
Sunshine State
(Eunice Stokes)
The Killing Floor
(Lilah Dean)
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
The Bonfire of the Vanities
(Annie Lamb)
A Different World
(Lettie Bostic)
Good Times
Law & Order
(Virginia Bryan)
Green Acres
L.A. Law
(Maxine Manley)
Providence
(Abby Franklin)
Touched by an Angel
(Georgia Bishop)
Oz
(Eugenia Hill)
Soul Food
(Mrs. Pettaway)
Sanford and Son
I'll Fly Away
(Marguerite Peck)
I'll Fly Away
Cosby
Police Woman
The Jury
Kojak
(Joyce)
Laurel Avenue
(Maggie Arnett)
Great Performances