Mary Alice
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.
Fotos
Filme (35)
Die Burly Man Chroniken
2004
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004 · Self
What I Want My Words to Do to You
2003 · Self
Matrix Revolutions
2003 · The Oracle
Land des Sonnenscheins – Sunshine State
2002 · Eunice Stokes
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001 · Dorothy Cobb
The Photographer
2000 · Violet
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
1999 · Dolores Williams
The Wishing Tree
1999 · Mattie
Down in the Delta
1998 · Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Bed of Roses
1996 · Alice
Heading Home
1995 · Mary Jones
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
The Mother
1994 · Black Lady
The Inkwell
1994 · Evelyn
The Vernon Johns Story
1994 · Altona
A Perfect World
1993 · Lottie
Life with Mikey
1993 · Mrs. Gordon
Malcolm X
1992 · School Teacher
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990 · Annie Lamb
Awakenings
1990 · Nurse Margaret
To Sleep with Anger
1990 · Suzie
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · Fannie Michael
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985 · Blind Lily
Teachers
1984 · Linda Ganz
Beat Street
1984 · Cora
The Killing Floor
1984 · Lilah Dean
The Brass Ring
1983 · Mrs. Hauser
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982 · Beck
Joshua's World
1980 · Housekeeper
Lawman Without a Gun
1979 · Minnie Hayward
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976 · Helen Mayfield
Sparkle
1976 · Effie
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974 · Moms
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974 · Alberta Warren
Serien (20)
Kojak
2005 · Joyce
The Jury
2004
Soul Food
2000 · Mrs. Pettaway
Providence
1999 · Abby Franklin
Oz
1997 · Eugenia Hill
Cosby
1996
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Georgia Bishop
Laurel Avenue
1993 · Maggie Arnett
I'll Fly Away
1991 · Marguerite Peck
Performance
1991 · Black lady
Law & Order
1990 · Virginia Bryan
The Women of Brewster Place
1989 · Fannie Michael
A Different World
1987 · Lettie Bostic
L.A. Law
1986 · Maxine Manley
American Playhouse
1982 · Lilah Dean, Blind Lily
Police Woman
1974
Good Times
1974
Sanford and Son
1972
Great Performances
1971
Green Acres
1965