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