Mary Alice
ActingBiography
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.
Movies
(35 total)
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
Awakenings
as Nurse Margaret
Malcolm X
as School Teacher
A Perfect World
as Lottie
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Annie Lamb
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Gordon
Bed of Roses
as Alice
Beat Street
as Cora
Teachers
as Linda Ganz
To Sleep with Anger
as Suzie
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Sparkle
as Effie
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
The Inkwell
as Evelyn
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
TV Shows
(20 total)
Oz
as Eugenia Hill
Law & Order
as Virginia Bryan
Touched by an Angel
as Georgia Bishop
L.A. Law
as Maxine Manley
A Different World
as Lettie Bostic
Providence
as Abby Franklin
Soul Food
as Mrs. Pettaway
Kojak
as Joyce
I'll Fly Away
as Marguerite Peck
Laurel Avenue
as Maggie Arnett
Performance
as Black lady
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael