Mary Alice
Acting
1936 – 2022 · Indianola, Mississippi, USA
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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.
★ 4.4Kojak
TV series · 2005
Joyce
★ 6.9The Burly Man Chronicles
Film · 2004
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★ 9.0The Jury
TV series · 2004
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★ 7.0The Matrix Recalibrated
Film · 2004
Self
★ 7.8What I Want My Words to Do to You
Film · 2003
Self
★ 6.8The Matrix Revolutions
Film · 2003
The Oracle
★ 6.4Sunshine State
Film · 2002
Eunice Stokes
★ 8.0The Last Brickmaker in America
Film · 2001
Dorothy Cobb
★ 7.2Soul Food
TV series · 2000
Mrs. Pettaway
★ 4.8The Photographer
Film · 2000
Violet
★ 5.4Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Film · 1999
Dolores Williams
★ 6.7Providence
TV series · 1999
Abby Franklin
★ 7.5The Wishing Tree
Film · 1999
Mattie
★ 6.3Down in the Delta
Film · 1998
Rosa Lynn Sinclair
★ 8.0Oz
TV series · 1997
Eugenia Hill
★ 6.1Cosby
TV series · 1996
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★ 5.9Bed of Roses
Film · 1996
Alice
★ 10.0Heading Home
Film · 1995
Mary Jones
★ 7.0Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Film · 1995
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The Mother
Film · 1994
Black Lady
★ 7.2Touched by an Angel
TV series · 1994
Georgia Bishop
★ 5.6The Inkwell
Film · 1994
Evelyn
★ 8.5The Vernon Johns Story
Film · 1994
Altona
★ 7.5A Perfect World
Film · 1993
Lottie
★ 6.8Laurel Avenue
TV series · 1993
Maggie Arnett
★ 5.7Life with Mikey
Film · 1993
Mrs. Gordon
★ 7.6Malcolm X
Film · 1992
School Teacher
★ 7.5I'll Fly Away
TV series · 1991
Marguerite Peck
★ 6.3Performance
TV series · 1991
Black lady
★ 5.6The Bonfire of the Vanities
Film · 1990
Annie Lamb
★ 7.8Awakenings
Film · 1990
Nurse Margaret
★ 6.8To Sleep with Anger
Film · 1990
Suzie
★ 7.3Law & Order
TV series · 1990
Virginia Bryan
★ 6.8The Women of Brewster Place
Film · 1989
Fannie Michael
★ 6.0The Women of Brewster Place
TV series · 1989
Fannie Michael
★ 7.1A Different World
TV series · 1987
Lettie Bostic
★ 7.1L.A. Law
TV series · 1986
Maxine Manley
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Film · 1985
Blind Lily
★ 5.7Teachers
Film · 1984
Linda Ganz
★ 6.9Beat Street
Film · 1984
Cora
★ 8.0The Killing Floor
Film · 1984
Lilah Dean
★ 7.0The Brass Ring
Film · 1983
Mrs. Hauser
★ 7.0A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Film · 1982
Beck
★ 6.6American Playhouse
TV series · 1982
Lilah Dean
★ 9.0Lawman Without a Gun
Film · 1979
Minnie Hayward
★ 7.0Just an Old Sweet Song
Film · 1976
Helen Mayfield
★ 7.3Sparkle
Film · 1976
Effie
★ 6.4Police Woman
TV series · 1974
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★ 5.7The Education of Sonny Carson
Film · 1974
Moms
★ 10.0Sty of the Blind Pig
Film · 1974
Alberta Warren
★ 8.0Good Times
TV series · 1974
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★ 7.5Sanford and Son
TV series · 1972
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★ 6.1Great Performances
TV series · 1971
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★ 7.2Green Acres
TV series · 1965
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