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.
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
Malcolm X
as School Teacher
Awakenings
as Nurse Margaret
A Perfect World
as Lottie
Teachers
as Linda Ganz
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Annie Lamb
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Moms
Beat Street
as Cora
Bed of Roses
as Alice
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Gordon
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
The Inkwell
as Evelyn
The Photographer
as Violet
To Sleep with Anger
as Suzie
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
The Mother
as Black Lady
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Blind Lily
Sparkle
as Effie
Joshua's World
as Housekeeper
The Killing Floor
as Lilah Dean
Lawman Without a Gun
as Minnie Hayward
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
as Beck
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
Heading Home
as Mary Jones
The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
The Brass Ring
as Mrs. Hauser
The Burly Man Chronicles
The Vernon Johns Story
as Altona
Sty of the Blind Pig
as Alberta Warren
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Helen Mayfield