Mary Alice
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1936-12-03
Day of Death
2022-07-27 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Mary Alice
Biography
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
(2004)
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
(2004)
(2003)
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
(2003)
(2002)
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
(2001)
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
(2000)
The Photographer
as Violet
(1999)
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
(1999)
The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
(1998)
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
(1996)
Bed of Roses
as Alice
(1995)
(1995)
Heading Home
as Mary Jones
(1994)
The Inkwell
as Evelyn
(1994)
The Vernon Johns Story
as Altona
(1994)
The Mother
as Black Lady
(1993)
A Perfect World
as Lottie
(1993)
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Gordon
(1992)
Malcolm X
as School Teacher
(1990)
Awakenings
as Nurse Margaret
(1990)
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Annie Lamb
(1990)
To Sleep with Anger
as Suzie
(1989)
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
(1985)
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Blind Lily
(1984)
Beat Street
as Cora
(1984)
Teachers
as Linda Ganz
(1984)
The Killing Floor
as Lilah Dean
(1983)
The Brass Ring
as Mrs. Hauser
(1982)
(1980)
Joshua's World
as Housekeeper
(1979)
Lawman Without a Gun
as Minnie Hayward
(1976)
Sparkle
as Effie
(1976)
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Helen Mayfield
(1974)
(1974)
Sty of the Blind Pig
as Alberta Warren