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
American Playhouse
Lilah Dean
American Playhouse
Blind Lily
Touched by an Angel
Georgia Bishop
A Different World
Lettie Bostic
Green Acres
Police Woman
Sanford and Son
Providence
Abby Franklin
The Matrix Revolutions
The Oracle
Good Times
Performance
Black lady
A Perfect World
Lottie
Awakenings
Nurse Margaret
Cosby
Malcolm X
School Teacher
I'll Fly Away
I'll Fly Away
Marguerite Peck
Soul Food
Mrs. Pettaway
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Annie Lamb
The Jury
Heading Home
Mary Jones
Bed of Roses
Alice
Kojak
Joyce
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Gordon
The Women of Brewster Place
Fannie Michael
Beat Street
Cora
Teachers
Linda Ganz
Laurel Avenue
Maggie Arnett
Sunshine State
Eunice Stokes
To Sleep with Anger
Suzie
The Inkwell
Evelyn
The Photographer
Violet
Sparkle
Effie
The Last Brickmaker in America
Dorothy Cobb
The Education of Sonny Carson
Moms
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Beck