Mary Alice
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
as The Oracle
A Perfect World (1993)
as Lottie
Awakenings (1990)
as Nurse Margaret
Malcolm X (1992)
as School Teacher
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
as Annie Lamb
Bed of Roses (1996)
as Alice
Life with Mikey (1993)
as Mrs. Gordon
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985)
as Blind Lily
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982)
as Beck
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
as Suzie
Beat Street (1984)
as Cora
Teachers (1984)
as Linda Ganz
Lawman Without a Gun (1979)
as Minnie Hayward
The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
as Fannie Michael
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
as Dolores Williams
The Vernon Johns Story (1994)
as Altona
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
Actor
The Education of Sonny Carson (1974)
as Moms
Down in the Delta (1998)
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)
as Dorothy Cobb
Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
as Helen Mayfield
Sunshine State (2002)
as Eunice Stokes
Heading Home (1995)
as Mary Jones
The Killing Floor (1984)
as Lilah Dean
The Inkwell (1994)
as Evelyn
The Matrix Recalibrated (2004)
as Self
What I Want My Words to Do to You (2003)
as Self
Sparkle (1976)
as Effie
The Photographer (2000)
as Violet
The Burly Man Chronicles (2004)
Actor
The Mother (1994)
as Black Lady
The Wishing Tree (1999)
as Mattie
Sty of the Blind Pig (1974)
as Alberta Warren
The Brass Ring (1983)
as Mrs. Hauser
Joshua's World (1980)
as Housekeeper