Cast
Mary Alice
Acting
Cast
Mary Alice
Known for
Acting
Born
1936-12-03
From
Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Died
2022-07-27
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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6.8
MOVIE2003
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
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7.5
MOVIE1993
A Perfect World
as Lottie
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7.8
MOVIE1990
Awakenings
as Nurse Margaret
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7.6
MOVIE1992
Malcolm X
as School Teacher
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5.6
MOVIE1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Annie Lamb
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10.0
MOVIE1995
Heading Home
as Mary Jones
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5.7
MOVIE1993
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Gordon
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6.9
MOVIE1984
Beat Street
as Cora
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7.0
MOVIE1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
as Beck
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6.9
MOVIE2004
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
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5.9
MOVIE1996
Bed of Roses
as Alice
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6.8
MOVIE1989
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
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9.0
MOVIE1979
Lawman Without a Gun
as Minnie Hayward
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5.7
MOVIE1984
Teachers
as Linda Ganz
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6.8
MOVIE1990
To Sleep with Anger
as Suzie
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6.4
MOVIE2002
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
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3.0
MOVIE2000
The Photographer
as Violet
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6.3
MOVIE1998
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
MOVIE1994
The Mother
as Black Lady
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7.3
MOVIE1976
Sparkle
as Effie
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7.5
MOVIE1999
The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
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5.6
MOVIE1994
The Inkwell
as Evelyn
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9.0
MOVIE1994
The Vernon Johns Story
as Altona
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5.4
MOVIE1999
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
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8.0
MOVIE1984
The Killing Floor
as Lilah Dean
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8.0
MOVIE1980
Joshua's World
as Housekeeper
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7.0
MOVIE1983
The Brass Ring
as Mrs. Hauser
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5.7
MOVIE1974
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Moms
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7.8
MOVIE2003
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
β
6.9
MOVIE2004
The Burly Man Chronicles
β
8.0
MOVIE2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
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7.0
MOVIE1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Helen Mayfield
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10.0
MOVIE1974
Sty of the Blind Pig
as Alberta Warren
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7.0
MOVIE1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
MOVIE1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Blind Lily