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