Mary Alice

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Indianola, Mississippi, USA, 1936-12-03

Died: 2022-07-27

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	Sty of the Blind Pig	Alberta Warren	0
2	1974	The Education of Sonny Carson	Moms	49
3	1976	Sparkle	Effie	76
4	1976	Just an Old Sweet Song	Helen Mayfield	0
5	1979	Lawman Without a Gun	Minnie Hayward	0
6	1980	Joshua's World	Housekeeper	0
7	1982	A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion	Beck	60
8	1983	The Brass Ring	Mrs. Hauser	70
9	1984	The Killing Floor	Lilah Dean	80
10	1984	Beat Street	Cora	69
11	1984	Teachers	Linda Ganz	56
12	1985	Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom	Blind Lily	0
13	1989	The Women of Brewster Place	Fannie Michael	69
14	1990	To Sleep with Anger	Suzie	67
15	1990	Awakenings	Nurse Margaret	78
16	1990	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Annie Lamb	56
17	1992	Malcolm X	School Teacher	75
18	1993	Life with Mikey	Mrs. Gordon	57
19	1993	A Perfect World	Lottie	75
20	1994	The Vernon Johns Story	Altona	85
21	1994	The Inkwell	Evelyn	55
22	1994	The Mother	Black Lady	0
23	1995	Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder		0
24	1995	Heading Home	Mary Jones	0
25	1996	Bed of Roses	Alice	58
26	1998	Down in the Delta	Rosa Lynn Sinclair	66
27	1999	The Wishing Tree	Mattie	74
28	1999	Catfish in Black Bean Sauce	Dolores Williams	54
29	2000	The Photographer	Violet	35
30	2001	The Last Brickmaker in America	Dorothy Cobb	70
31	2002	Sunshine State	Eunice Stokes	64
32	2003	The Matrix Revolutions	The Oracle	67
33	2003	What I Want My Words to Do to You	Self	72
34	2004	The Matrix Recalibrated	Self	66
35	2004	The Burly Man Chronicles		70

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	Green Acres		73
2	1971	Great Performances		52
3	1972	Sanford and Son		75
4	1974	Good Times		80
5	1974	Police Woman		63
6	1986	L.A. Law	Maxine Manley	71
7	1987	A Different World	Lettie Bostic	70
8	1990	Law & Order	Virginia Bryan	74
9	1991	I'll Fly Away		73
10	1991	I'll Fly Away	Marguerite Peck	73
11	1993	Laurel Avenue	Maggie Arnett	57
12	1994	Touched by an Angel	Georgia Bishop	72
13	1996	Cosby		59
14	1997	Oz	Eugenia Hill	80
15	1999	Providence	Abby Franklin	65
16	2000	Soul Food	Mrs. Pettaway	67
17	2004	The Jury		70
18	2005	Kojak	Joyce	44