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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 3, 1936
Died
July 27, 2022
Place of Birth
Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Mary Alice
0.4 Popularity
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
4.4
Joyce
Kojak
2005
7.0
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004
7.0
The Jury
2004
6.7
Self
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
7.2
Self
What I Want My Words to Do to You
2003
6.7
The Oracle
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
6.4
Eunice Stokes
Sunshine State
2002
7.0
Dorothy Cobb
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
7.0
Mrs. Pettaway
Soul Food
2000
3.5
Violet
The Photographer
2000
Credits
Kojak
as Joyce
2005
4.4
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004
7.0
The Jury
2004
7.0
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
2004
6.7
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
2003
7.2
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
2003
6.7
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
2002
6.4
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
2001
7.0
Soul Food
as Mrs. Pettaway
2000
7.0
The Photographer
as Violet
2000
3.5
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
1999
5.4
Providence
as Abby Franklin
1999
6.5
The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
1999
7.4
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
1998
6.4
Oz
as Eugenia Hill
1997
8.0
Cosby
1996
5.9
Bed of Roses
as Alice
1996
5.8
Heading Home
as Mary Jones
1995
0.0
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
0.0
The Mother
as Black Lady
1994
0.0
Touched by an Angel
as Georgia Bishop
1994
7.2
The Inkwell
as Evelyn
1994
5.5
The Vernon Johns Story
as Altona
1994
8.5
A Perfect World
as Lottie
1993
7.5
Laurel Avenue
as Maggie Arnett
1993
5.7
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Gordon
1993
5.7
Malcolm X
as School Teacher
1992
7.5
I'll Fly Away
as Marguerite Peck
1991
7.4
I'll Fly Away
1991
7.4
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Annie Lamb
1990
5.6
Awakenings
as Nurse Margaret
1990
7.8
To Sleep with Anger
as Suzie
1990
6.7
Law & Order
as Virginia Bryan
1990
7.4
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
1989
6.9
A Different World
as Lettie Bostic
1987
7.1
L.A. Law
as Maxine Manley
1986
7.1
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Blind Lily
1985
0.0
Teachers
as Linda Ganz
1984
5.6
Beat Street
as Cora
1984
6.8
The Killing Floor
as Lilah Dean
1984
8.0
The Brass Ring
as Mrs. Hauser
1983
7.0
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Beck
1982
6.0
🎬
Joshua's World
as Housekeeper
1980
0.0
Lawman Without a Gun
as Minnie Hayward
1979
0.0
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Helen Mayfield
1976
0.0
Sparkle
as Effie
1976
7.6
Police Woman
1974
6.2
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Moms
1974
4.9
Sty of the Blind Pig
as Alberta Warren
1974
0.0
Good Times
1974
8.0
Sanford and Son
1972
7.4
Great Performances
1971
5.3
Green Acres
1965
7.3