Acting credits
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Mary Alice
Acting
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Movies: 34Series: 19
TMDB ID: 9572
IMDb ID: nm0019569
Known for: Acting
Born: December 3, 1936
Died: July 27, 2022
Age: 85
Place of birth: Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1965 - 2005
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q271051
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Mary Alice.
7.0
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004 Movie
6.8
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
2004 Movie
7.2
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
2003 Movie
6.7
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
2003 Movie
6.3
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
2002 Movie
7.6
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
2001 Movie
3.0
The Photographer
as Violet
2000 Movie
5.0
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
1999 Movie
7.4
The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
1999 Movie
6.2
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
1998 Movie
5.8
Bed of Roses
as Alice
1996 Movie
Heading Home
as Mary Jones
1995 Movie
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995 Movie
The Mother
as Black Lady
1994 Movie
5.3
The Inkwell
as Evelyn
1994 Movie
8.5
The Vernon Johns Story
as Altona
1994 Movie
7.5
A Perfect World
as Lottie
1993 Movie
5.7
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Gordon
1993 Movie
7.5
Malcolm X
as School Teacher
1992 Movie
5.6
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Annie Lamb
1990 Movie
7.8
Awakenings
as Nurse Margaret
1990 Movie
6.7
To Sleep with Anger
as Suzie
1990 Movie
6.6
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
1989 Movie
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Blind Lily
1985 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Mary Alice.
4.0
Kojak
as Joyce • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.0
The Jury
1 eps
2004 Series
7.0
Soul Food
as Mrs. Pettaway • 1 eps
2000 Series
6.5
Providence
as Abby Franklin • 1 eps
1999 Series
8.0
Oz
as Eugenia Hill • 1 eps
1997 Series
6.1
Cosby
1 eps
1996 Series
7.2
Touched by an Angel
as Georgia Bishop • 1 eps
1994 Series
5.7
Laurel Avenue
as Maggie Arnett • 2 eps
1993 Series
7.4
I'll Fly Away
2 eps
1991 Series
6.0
Performance
as Black lady • 1 eps
1991 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Virginia Bryan • 1 eps
1990 Series
5.0
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael • 2 eps
1989 Series
7.0
A Different World
as Lettie Bostic • 30 eps
1987 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Maxine Manley • 1 eps
1986 Series
6.2
Police Woman
1 eps
1974 Series
8.0
Good Times
1 eps
1974 Series
7.4
Sanford and Son
2 eps
1972 Series
5.8
Great Performances
1 eps
1971 Series
7.3
Green Acres
1 eps
1965 Series