Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 03, 1936
Died
Jul 27, 2022
Place of Birth
Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Credits
55 titles
Mary Alice
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. 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
Kojak
Joyce
The Burly Man Chronicles
The Jury
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Self
The Matrix Revolutions
The Oracle
Sunshine State
Eunice Stokes
The Last Brickmaker in America
Dorothy Cobb
Soul Food
Mrs. Pettaway
The Photographer
Violet
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Dolores Williams
Providence
Abby Franklin
The Wishing Tree
Mattie
Down in the Delta
Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Oz
Eugenia Hill
Cosby
Bed of Roses
Alice
Heading Home
Mary Jones
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
The Mother
Black Lady
Touched by an Angel
Georgia Bishop
The Inkwell
Evelyn
The Vernon Johns Story
Altona
A Perfect World
Lottie
Laurel Avenue
Maggie Arnett
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Gordon
Malcolm X
School Teacher
I'll Fly Away
Performance
Black lady
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Annie Lamb
Awakenings
Nurse Margaret
To Sleep with Anger
Suzie
Law & Order
Virginia Bryan
The Women of Brewster Place
Fannie Michael
The Women of Brewster Place
Fannie Michael
A Different World
Lettie Bostic
L.A. Law
Maxine Manley
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Blind Lily
Teachers
Linda Ganz
Beat Street
Cora
The Killing Floor
Lilah Dean
The Brass Ring
Mrs. Hauser
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Beck
American Playhouse
Lilah Dean
Joshua's World
Housekeeper
Lawman Without a Gun
Minnie Hayward
Just an Old Sweet Song
Helen Mayfield
Sparkle
Effie
Police Woman
The Education of Sonny Carson
Moms