Mary Alice

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Mary Alice

Acting December 3, 1936

Indianola, Mississippi, USA

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 (200…

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The Matrix Revolutions

The Matrix Revolutions

6.8 2003 Movie
Law & Order

Law & Order

7.3 1990 TV Show
Awakenings

Awakenings

7.8 1990 Movie
Malcolm X

Malcolm X

7.6 1992 Movie
A Perfect World

A Perfect World

7.5 1993 Movie
Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

7.2 1994 TV Show
Oz

Oz

8.0 1997 TV Show
L.A. Law

L.A. Law

7.0 1986 TV Show
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
The Bonfire of the Vanities

The Bonfire of the Vanities

5.6 1990 Movie
American Playhouse

American Playhouse

6.6 1982 TV Show
A Different World

A Different World

7.2 1987 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2005
    Kojak

    TV show Joyce

  2. 2004
    The Burly Man Chronicles

    Movie

  3. 2004
    The Jury

    TV show

  4. 2004
    The Matrix Recalibrated

    Movie Self

  5. 2003
    What I Want My Words to Do to You

    Movie Self

  6. 2003
    The Matrix Revolutions

    Movie The Oracle

  7. 2002
    Sunshine State

    Movie Eunice Stokes

  8. 2001
    The Last Brickmaker in America

    Movie Dorothy Cobb

  9. 2000
    Soul Food

    TV show Mrs. Pettaway

  10. 2000
    The Photographer

    Movie Violet

  11. 1999
    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

    Movie Dolores Williams

  12. 1999
    Providence

    TV show Abby Franklin

  13. 1999
    The Wishing Tree

    Movie Mattie

  14. 1998
    Down in the Delta

    Movie Rosa Lynn Sinclair

  15. 1997
    Oz

    TV show Eugenia Hill

  16. 1996
    Cosby

    TV show

More credits
  1. 1996
    Bed of Roses

    Movie Alice

  2. 1995
    Heading Home

    Movie Mary Jones

  3. 1995
    Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

    Movie

  4. 1994
    The Mother

    Movie Black Lady

  5. 1994
    Touched by an Angel

    TV show Georgia Bishop

  6. 1994
    The Inkwell

    Movie Evelyn

  7. 1994
    The Vernon Johns Story

    Movie Altona

  8. 1993
    A Perfect World

    Movie Lottie

  9. 1993
    Laurel Avenue

    TV show Maggie Arnett

  10. 1993
    Life with Mikey

    Movie Mrs. Gordon

  11. 1992
    Malcolm X

    Movie School Teacher

  12. 1991
    I'll Fly Away

    TV show

  13. 1991
    Performance

    TV show Black lady

  14. 1990
    The Bonfire of the Vanities

    Movie Annie Lamb

  15. 1990
    Awakenings

    Movie Nurse Margaret

  16. 1990
    To Sleep with Anger

    Movie Suzie

  17. 1990
    Law & Order

    TV show Virginia Bryan

  18. 1989
    The Women of Brewster Place

    Movie Fannie Michael

  19. 1989
    The Women of Brewster Place

    TV show Fannie Michael

  20. 1987
    A Different World

    TV show Lettie Bostic

  21. 1986
    L.A. Law

    TV show Maxine Manley

  22. 1985
    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

    Movie Blind Lily

  23. 1984
    Teachers

    Movie Linda Ganz

  24. 1984
    Beat Street

    Movie Cora