People
Mary Alice
- Name: Mary Alice
- Birthday: 1936-12-03
- Place of birth: Indianola, Mississippi, USA
- Popularity: 0.073
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,... Read More
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Burly Man Chronicles | 2004-12-04 |
| The Matrix Recalibrated as Self | 2004-04-06 |
| What I Want My Words to Do to You as Self | 2003-12-16 |
| The Matrix Revolutions as The Oracle | 2003-11-05 |
| Sunshine State as Eunice Stokes | 2002-06-21 |
| The Last Brickmaker in America as Dorothy Cobb | 2001-09-23 |
| The Photographer as Violet | 2000-04-15 |
| Catfish in Black Bean Sauce as Dolores Williams | 1999-04-14 |
| The Wishing Tree as Mattie | 1999-01-01 |
| Down in the Delta as Rosa Lynn Sinclair | 1998-12-25 |
| Bed of Roses as Alice | 1996-01-26 |
| Heading Home as Mary Jones | 1995-04-08 |
| Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | 1995-03-20 |
| The Mother as Black Lady | 1994-11-19 |
| The Inkwell as Evelyn | 1994-04-22 |
| The Vernon Johns Story as Altona | 1994-01-15 |
| A Perfect World as Lottie | 1993-11-24 |
| Life with Mikey as Mrs. Gordon | 1993-06-04 |
| Malcolm X as School Teacher | 1992-11-18 |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities as Annie Lamb | 1990-12-21 |
| Awakenings as Nurse Margaret | 1990-12-04 |
| To Sleep with Anger as Suzie | 1990-10-12 |
| The Women of Brewster Place as Fannie Michael | 1989-03-19 |
| Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom as Blind Lily | 1985-02-25 |
| Teachers as Linda Ganz | 1984-10-05 |
| Beat Street as Cora | 1984-06-08 |
| The Killing Floor as Lilah Dean | 1984-04-10 |
| The Brass Ring as Mrs. Hauser | 1983-01-01 |
| A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion as Beck | 1982-02-17 |
| Joshua's World as Housekeeper | 1980-08-21 |
| Lawman Without a Gun as Minnie Hayward | 1979-05-30 |
| Just an Old Sweet Song as Helen Mayfield | 1976-09-25 |
| Sparkle as Effie | 1976-04-07 |
| The Education of Sonny Carson as Moms | 1974-07-17 |
| Sty of the Blind Pig as Alberta Warren | 1974-05-29 |
