Mary Alice
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 3, 1936
- Died
- July 27, 2022
- Birthplace
- Indianola, Mississippi, USA
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.
Filmography
The Burly Man Chronicles 2004
Actor
The Matrix Recalibrated 2004
as Self
What I Want My Words to Do to You 2003
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions 2003
as The Oracle
Sunshine State 2002
as Eunice Stokes
The Last Brickmaker in America 2001
as Dorothy Cobb
The Photographer 2000
as Violet
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce 1999
as Dolores Williams
The Wishing Tree 1999
as Mattie
Down in the Delta 1998
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Bed of Roses 1996
as Alice
Heading Home 1995
as Mary Jones
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder 1995
Actor
The Mother 1994
as Black Lady
The Inkwell 1994
as Evelyn
The Vernon Johns Story 1994
as Altona
A Perfect World 1993
as Lottie
Life with Mikey 1993
as Mrs. Gordon
Malcolm X 1992
as School Teacher
The Bonfire of the Vanities 1990
as Annie Lamb
Awakenings 1990
as Nurse Margaret
To Sleep with Anger 1990
as Suzie
The Women of Brewster Place 1989
as Fannie Michael
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom 1985
as Blind Lily
Teachers 1984
as Linda Ganz
Beat Street 1984
as Cora
The Killing Floor 1984
as Lilah Dean
The Brass Ring 1983
as Mrs. Hauser
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion 1982
as Beck
- Joshua's World
Joshua's World 1980
as Housekeeper
Lawman Without a Gun 1979
as Minnie Hayward
Just an Old Sweet Song 1976
as Helen Mayfield
Sparkle 1976
as Effie
The Education of Sonny Carson 1974
as Moms
Sty of the Blind Pig 1974
as Alberta Warren
Credits from TMDB.