10.0
10.0
A Different World
1987
as Leticia Bostic
Mary Alice
Also known as: Mary Alice Smith
Acting
Born:December 3, 1936
Died:July 27, 2022(aged 85)
Birthplace:Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Chicago State University
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (34 movies)
8.5
8.5
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
as Altona
7.8
7.8
Awakenings
1990
as Nurse Margaret
7.6
7.6
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
as Dorothy Cobb
7.4
7.4
Sparkle
1976
as Effie
7.4
7.4
The Wishing Tree
1999
as Mattie
7.3
7.3
The Killing Floor
1984
as Lilah Dean
7.2
7.2
What I Want My Words to Do to You
2003
as Self
7.0
7.0
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004
7.0
7.0
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
as Helen Mayfield
7.0
7.0
The Brass Ring
1983
as Mrs. Hauser
6.9
6.9
Beat Street
1984
as Cora
6.7
6.7
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as The Oracle
6.7
6.7
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Suzie
6.7
6.7
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
6.6
6.6
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Fannie Michael
6.3
6.3
Sunshine State
2002
as Eunice Stokes
6.2
6.2
Down in the Delta
1998
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
6.0
6.0
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
1982
as Beck
5.8
5.8
Bed of Roses
1996
as Alice
5.7
5.7
Life with Mikey
1993
as Mrs. Gordon
5.6
5.6
Teachers
1984
as Linda Ganz
5.6
5.6
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Annie Lamb
5.3
5.3
The Inkwell
1994
as Evelyn
5.0
5.0
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
1999
as Dolores Williams
4.9
4.9
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974
as Moms
3.0
3.0
The Photographer
2000
as Violet
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
Heading Home
1995
as Mary Jones
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
as Blind Lily
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
as Minnie Hayward
The Mother
1994
as Black Lady
Joshua's World
1980
as Housekeeper
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974
as Alberta Warren
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