Mary Alice
Acting
Born: 1936-12-03 in Indianola, Mississippi, USA
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
Law & Order
Virginia Bryan
Great Performances
L.A. Law
Maxine Manley
Oz
Eugenia Hill
Touched by an Angel
Georgia Bishop
American Playhouse
Lilah Dean
American Playhouse
Blind Lily
Green Acres
A Different World
Lettie Bostic
Police Woman
Sanford and Son
The Matrix Revolutions
The Oracle
Providence
Abby Franklin
Good Times
Performance
Black lady
A Perfect World
Lottie
Cosby
Awakenings
Nurse Margaret
Malcolm X
School Teacher
I'll Fly Away
Marguerite Peck
I'll Fly Away
Soul Food
Mrs. Pettaway
The Jury
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Annie Lamb
Bed of Roses
Alice
Heading Home
Mary Jones
Kojak
Joyce
Teachers
Linda Ganz
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Gordon
Beat Street
Cora
The Women of Brewster Place
Fannie Michael
Laurel Avenue
Maggie Arnett
The Inkwell
Evelyn
Sparkle
Effie
To Sleep with Anger
Suzie
The Photographer
Violet
Sunshine State
Eunice Stokes
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
The Education of Sonny Carson
Moms
The Last Brickmaker in America
Dorothy Cobb