Mary Alice

Mary Alice

Birthday: 1936-12-03

Deathday: 2022-07-27

Place of birth: Indianola, Mississippi, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0019569

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.

Played in movies:

The Vernon Johns Story

Score: 8.5

The Killing Floor

Score: 8.0

Awakenings

Score: 7.8

Sparkle

Score: 7.6

Malcolm X

Score: 7.5

A Perfect World

Score: 7.5

The Wishing Tree

Score: 7.4

What I Want My Words to Do to You

Score: 7.2

The Burly Man Chronicles

Score: 7.0

The Last Brickmaker in America

Score: 7.0

The Brass Ring

Score: 7.0

Beat Street

Score: 6.9

The Women of Brewster Place

Score: 6.9

The Matrix Revolutions

Score: 6.7

To Sleep with Anger

Score: 6.7

The Matrix Recalibrated

Score: 6.7

Down in the Delta

Score: 6.6

Sunshine State

Score: 6.4

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

Score: 6.0

Bed of Roses

Score: 5.8

Life with Mikey

Score: 5.7

Teachers

Score: 5.6

The Bonfire of the Vanities

Score: 5.6

The Inkwell

Score: 5.5

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

Score: 5.4

The Education of Sonny Carson

Score: 4.9

The Photographer

Score: 3.5

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Score: 0.0

Just an Old Sweet Song

Score: 0.0

Sty of the Blind Pig

Score: 0.0

Heading Home

Score: 0.0

Lawman Without a Gun

Score: 0.0

Joshua's World

Score: 0.0

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

Score: 0.0

The Mother

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Oz

Score: 8.0

Good Times

Score: 8.0

Sanford and Son

Score: 7.4

Law & Order

Score: 7.4

Green Acres

Score: 7.3

I'll Fly Away

Score: 7.2

I'll Fly Away

Score: 7.2

Touched by an Angel

Score: 7.2

A Different World

Score: 7.1

L.A. Law

Score: 7.1

The Jury

Score: 7.0

Soul Food

Score: 7.0

Providence

Score: 6.5

Police Woman

Score: 6.2

Cosby

Score: 5.9

Laurel Avenue

Score: 5.7

Great Performances

Score: 5.6

Kojak

Score: 4.4