Mary Alice

Mary Alice

12/3/1936 – 7/27/2022Indianola, 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 (55 titles)

Kojak4.4Show

Kojak

Joyce · 2005

The Burly Man Chronicles6.9Movie

The Burly Man Chronicles

2004

The Jury9.0Show

The Jury

2004

The Matrix Recalibrated6.9Movie

The Matrix Recalibrated

Self · 2004

What I Want My Words to Do to You7.8Movie

What I Want My Words to Do to You

Self · 2003

The Matrix Revolutions6.8Movie

The Matrix Revolutions

The Oracle · 2003

Sunshine State6.4Movie

Sunshine State

Eunice Stokes · 2002

The Last Brickmaker in America8.0Movie

The Last Brickmaker in America

Dorothy Cobb · 2001

Soul Food7.2Show

Soul Food

Mrs. Pettaway · 2000

The Photographer3.0Movie

The Photographer

Violet · 2000

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce5.4Movie

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Dolores Williams · 1999

Providence6.7Show

Providence

Abby Franklin · 1999

The Wishing Tree7.5Movie

The Wishing Tree

Mattie · 1999

Down in the Delta6.3Movie

Down in the Delta

Rosa Lynn Sinclair · 1998

Oz8.0Show

Oz

Eugenia Hill · 1997

Cosby6.0Show

Cosby

1996

Bed of Roses5.9Movie

Bed of Roses

Alice · 1996

Heading Home10.0Movie

Heading Home

Mary Jones · 1995

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder7.0Movie

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

1995

The MotherMovie

The Mother

Black Lady · 1994

Touched by an Angel7.2Show

Touched by an Angel

Georgia Bishop · 1994

The Inkwell5.6Movie

The Inkwell

Evelyn · 1994

The Vernon Johns Story9.0Movie

The Vernon Johns Story

Altona · 1994

A Perfect World7.5Movie

A Perfect World

Lottie · 1993

Laurel Avenue6.8Show

Laurel Avenue

Maggie Arnett · 1993

Life with Mikey5.7Movie

Life with Mikey

Mrs. Gordon · 1993

Malcolm X7.6Movie

Malcolm X

School Teacher · 1992

I'll Fly Away7.5Show

I'll Fly Away

Marguerite Peck · 1991

Performance6.3Show

Performance

Black lady · 1991

The Bonfire of the Vanities5.6Movie

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Annie Lamb · 1990