Mary Alice
Actor
December 3, 1936 — July 27, 2022 (85 years)
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.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 2015 | Whitney · as Effie |
| 2005 | Kojak (2005) · as Joyce |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | Line of Fire · as Jackie Simon |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions · as The Oracle |
| 2002 | Sunshine State · as Eunice Stokes |
| 2001 | The Last Brickmaker in America · as Dorothy Cobb |
| 2000 | Soul Food · as Mrs. Pettaway |
| 2000 | The Photographer · as Violet |
| 2000 | The Wishing Tree · as MattieOn Plex |
| 1999 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce · as Dolores Williams |
| 1999 | Providence · as Abby Franklin |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta · as Rosa Lynn Sinclair |
| 1997 | Oz · as Eugenia Hill |
| 1997 | Orleans · as Ella Clark |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Bed of Roses · as Alice |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel · as Georgia Bishop |
| 1994 | The Inkwell · as Evelyn |
| 1994 | The Vernon Johns Story · as AltonaOn Plex |
| 1993 | A Perfect World · as Lottie |
| 1993 | Laurel Avenue · as Maggie Arnett |
| 1993 | Life with Mikey · as Mrs. Gordon |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as School Teacher |
| 1991 | I'll Fly Away · as Marguerite Peck |
| 1991 | Performance · as Black Lady |
| 1990 | Awakenings · as Nurse Margaret |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities · as Annie LambOn Plex |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger · as Suzie |
| 1990 | Law & Order · as Virginia Bryan |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place · as Fannie MichaelOn Plex |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place · as Fannie Michael |
| 1987 | A Different World (1987) · as Lettie Bostic |
| 1986 | L.A. Law · as Maxine Manley |
| 1984 | Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom · as Blind Lily |
| 1984 | Teachers · as Linda Ganz |
| 1984 | Beat Street · as Cora |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor · as Lilah Dean |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor · as Lilah Dean |
| 1983 | The Brass Ring · as Mrs. HauserOn Plex |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | American Playhouse · as Lilah Dean |
| 1978 | Lawman Without a Gun · as Minnie Hayward |
| 1976 | Visions (1976) · as Evelyn Burrell |
| 1976 | Just an Old Sweet Song · as Helen Mayfield |
| 1976 | Serpico · as Angel |
| 1976 | Sparkle · as Effie |
| 1975 | The Family Holvak · as Samantha Wilson |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | The Education of Sonny Carson · as Moms |
| 1974 | |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special · as Mrs. Garth |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | |
| 1970 | All My Children · as Ellie Grant Hubbard |
| 1965 | |
| 1963 | The Doctors · as Wilma |
| 1960 | Insight · as Karen Fuller |
| 2020 | Giving Voice · as Self |
| 2004 | The Matrix Recalibrated · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 1996 | The 50th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1995 | The 49th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Self |
| 1976 | Working in the Theatre · as Self |