Mary Alice
Acting
Born 1936-12-03
Died 2022-07-27
Indianola, Mississippi, USA
55 credits
Primetime Emmy Awards 1
Tony Awards 1
Awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Awards 1 won
- 1993 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Won I'll Fly Away
Tony Awards 1 won · 1 nominated
- 1995 Best Actress in a Play Nominated
- 1987 Best Featured Actress in a Play Won
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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.
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Filmography
Acting
46 credits
Law & Order
American Playhouse
Oz
L.A. Law
Touched by an Angel
A Different World
Providence
Performance
The Matrix Revolutions
Awakenings
A Perfect World
I'll Fly Away
Malcolm X
Soul Food
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Kojak
Bed of Roses
The Women of Brewster Place
Beat Street
Life with Mikey
Teachers
The Matrix Recalibrated
Heading Home
Laurel Avenue
To Sleep with Anger
Sparkle
Sunshine State
The Women of Brewster Place
The Mother
The Education of Sonny Carson
The Photographer
What I Want My Words to Do to You
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Down in the Delta
The Inkwell
The Killing Floor
Lawman Without a Gun
The Last Brickmaker in America
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
The Wishing Tree
Joshua's World
Sty of the Blind Pig
The Brass Ring
The Vernon Johns Story
Just an Old Sweet Song
Other credits
9 credits
Great Performances
Green Acres
Police Woman
Sanford and Son
Good Times
Cosby
The Jury
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
The Burly Man Chronicles
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