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  • BIRTH 03/12/1936
  • DEATH 27/07/2022
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 7
  • MOVIES 14

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.

Mary Alice

Shows (7)

Oz
Oz
Eugenia Hill
Law & Order
Law & Order
Virginia Bryan
A Different World
A Different World
Leticia "Lettie" Bostic
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
Georgia Bishop
Providence
Providence
Abby Franklin
L.A. Law
L.A. Law
Maxine Manley
Soul Food
Soul Food
Mrs. Pettaway

Movies (14)

The Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Revolutions
The Oracle
Awakenings
Awakenings
Nurse Margaret
A Perfect World
A Perfect World
Lottie
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Annie Lamb
Teachers
Teachers
Linda Ganz
Beat Street
Beat Street
Cora
Bed of Roses
Bed of Roses
Alice
Life with Mikey
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Gordon
To Sleep with Anger
To Sleep with Anger
Suzie
The Wishing Tree
The Wishing Tree
Mattie
Down in the Delta
Down in the Delta
Rosa Lynn Sinclair
The Education of Sonny Carson
The Education of Sonny Carson
Moms
Sunshine State
Sunshine State
Eunice Stokes
The Matrix Recalibrated
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self