Mary Alice
Age: N/A | From: Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Indianola, Mississippi, USA
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Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 9
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Law & Order
(1990) Virginia Bryan
Providence
(1999) Abby Franklin
L.A. Law
(1986) Maxine Manley
Oz
(1997) Eugenia Hill
Touched by an Angel
(1994) Georgia Bishop
Soul Food
(2000) Mrs. Pettaway
The Matrix Revolutions
(2003) The Oracle
Malcolm X
(1992) School TeacherActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Joyce | |
| 2004 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 2003 | The Oracle | |
| Self | ||
| 2002 | Eunice Stokes | |
| 2001 | Dorothy Cobb | |
| 2000 | Mrs. Pettaway | |
| Violet | ||
| 1999 | Dolores Williams | |
| Abby Franklin | ||
| Mattie | ||
| 1998 | Rosa Lynn Sinclair | |
| 1997 | Eugenia Hill | |
| 1996 | N/A | |
| Alice | ||
| 1995 | Mary Jones | |
| N/A | ||
| 1994 | Black Lady | |
| Georgia Bishop | ||
| Evelyn | ||
| Altona | ||
| 1993 | Lottie | |
| Maggie Arnett | ||
| Mrs. Gordon | ||
| 1992 | School Teacher | |
| 1991 | N/A | |
| Marguerite Peck | ||
| 1990 | Annie Lamb | |
| Nurse Margaret | ||
| Suzie | ||
| Virginia Bryan | ||
| 1989 | Fannie Michael | |
| 1987 | Leticia "Lettie" Bostic | |
| 1986 | Maxine Manley | |
| 1985 | Blind Lily | |
| 1984 | Linda Ganz | |
| Cora | ||
| Lilah Dean | ||
| 1983 | Mrs. Hauser | |
| 1982 | Beck | |
| 1980 | Housekeeper | |
| 1979 | Minnie Hayward | |
| 1976 | Helen Mayfield | |
| Effie | ||
| 1974 | N/A | |
| Moms | ||
| Alberta Warren | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1972 | N/A | |
| 1971 | N/A | |
| 1965 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
