Mary Alice
Known for Acting
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
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as The Oracle
Awakenings
1990
as Nurse Margaret
A Perfect World
1993
as Lottie
Malcolm X
1992
as School Teacher
Beat Street
1984
as Cora
Bed of Roses
1996
as Alice
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Annie Lamb
Teachers
1984
as Linda Ganz
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Suzie
Sunshine State
2002
as Eunice Stokes
The Photographer
2000
as Violet
The Inkwell
1994
as Evelyn
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Fannie Michael
Life with Mikey
1993
as Mrs. Gordon
Sparkle
1976
as Effie
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
The Mother
1994
as Black Lady
Down in the Delta
1998
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974
as Moms