Mary Alice
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.
54 acting credits
Acting · 54
Law & Order
1990
Great Performances
1971
Oz
1997
Touched by an Angel
1994
L.A. Law
1986
Police Woman
1974
Green Acres
1965
Providence
1999
A Different World
1987
Sanford and Son
1972
Good Times
1974
Performance
1991
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
Cosby
1996
I'll Fly Away
1991
The Jury
2004
Soul Food
2000
Awakenings
1990
A Perfect World
1993
Malcolm X
1992
Kojak
2005
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
Bed of Roses
1996
Life with Mikey
1993
Beat Street
1984
Teachers
1984
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
Sparkle
1976
Laurel Avenue
1993
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
The Photographer
2000
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
The Inkwell
1994
To Sleep with Anger
1990
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
Sunshine State
2002
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974
Down in the Delta
1998
The Killing Floor
1984
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
The Mother
1994
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
What I Want My Words to Do to You
2003
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004
Joshua's World
1980
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
The Wishing Tree
1999
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
1999
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974
The Brass Ring
1983
Heading Home
1995