Mary Alice
Acting
1936-12-03 · 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.
tvKojak
as Joyce · 2005 · 4.4
movieThe Burly Man Chronicles
as · 2004 · 6.9
tvThe Jury
as · 2004 · 9.0
movieThe Matrix Recalibrated
as Self · 2004 · 6.9
movieWhat I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self · 2003 · 7.8
movieThe Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle · 2003 · 6.8
movieSunshine State
as Eunice Stokes · 2002 · 6.4
movieThe Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb · 2001 · 8.0
tvSoul Food
as Mrs. Pettaway · 2000 · 7.2
movieThe Photographer
as Violet · 2000 · 3.0
movieCatfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams · 1999 · 5.4
tvProvidence
as Abby Franklin · 1999 · 6.7
movieThe Wishing Tree
as Mattie · 1999 · 7.5
movieDown in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair · 1998 · 6.3
tvOz
as Eugenia Hill · 1997 · 8.1
tvCosby
as · 1996 · 6.0
movieBed of Roses
as Alice · 1996 · 5.9
movieHeading Home
as Mary Jones · 1995 · 10.0
movieRay Alexander: A Menu for Murder
as · 1995 · 7.0
movieThe Mother
as Black Lady · 1994 · 0.0
tvTouched by an Angel
as Georgia Bishop · 1994 · 7.2
movieThe Inkwell
as Evelyn · 1994 · 5.6
movieThe Vernon Johns Story
as Altona · 1994 · 9.0
movieA Perfect World
as Lottie · 1993 · 7.5