Mary Alice
Birthday
1936/12/03
Day of death
2022/07/27 (85 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Also know as
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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. ...Read more
Acting
(2003) The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
(1990) Awakenings
as Nurse Margaret
(1996) Bed of Roses
as Alice
(1976) Sparkle
as Effie
(1993) A Perfect World
as Lottie
(1994) The Mother
as Black Lady
(1974) The Education of Sonny Carson
as Moms
(1998) Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
(1989) The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
(2004) The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
(1994) The Vernon Johns Story
as Altona
(1990) To Sleep with Anger
as Suzie
(1982) A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Beck
(2003) What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
(1983) The Brass Ring
as Mrs. Hauser
(1984) Teachers
as Linda Ganz
(2000) The Photographer
as Violet
(1985) Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Blind Lily
(1992) Malcolm X
as School Teacher
(1994) The Inkwell
as Evelyn
(2001) The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
(1980) Joshua's World
as Housekeeper
(1999) Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
(1984) Beat Street
as Cora
(1979) Lawman Without a Gun
as Minnie Hayward
(1999) The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
(1993) Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Gordon
(1995) Heading Home
as Mary Jones
(1974) Sty of the Blind Pig
as Alberta Warren
(2004) The Burly Man Chronicles
as ---
(1976) Just an Old Sweet Song
as Helen Mayfield
(2002) Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
(1984) The Killing Floor
as Lilah Dean
(1995) Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
as ---
(1990) The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Annie Lamb
(1987) A Different World
as Leticia Bostic
(1987) A Different World
as Lettie Bostic
(1974) Good Times
as ---
(1990) Law & Order
as Virginia Bryan
(1965) Green Acres
as ---
(1986) L.A. Law
as Maxine Manley
(1999) Providence
as Abby Franklin
(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Georgia Bishop
(1997) Oz
as Eugenia Hill
(2000) Soul Food
as Mrs. Pettaway
(1972) Sanford and Son
as ---
(1991) I'll Fly Away
as Marguerite Peck
(1991) I'll Fly Away
as ---
(1996) Cosby
as ---
(1974) Police Woman
as ---
(2004) The Jury
as ---
(2005) Kojak
as Joyce
(1993) Laurel Avenue
as Maggie Arnett
(1971) Great Performances
as ---
(1991) Performance
as Black lady
(1989) The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael