Mary Alice
Acting
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.
Born: December 3, 1936
Place of Birth: Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Known For
Filmography
as Joyce
as Self
as The Oracle
as Eunice Stokes
as Dorothy Cobb
as Mrs. Pettaway
as Violet
as Dolores Williams
as Abby Franklin
as Mattie
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
as Eugenia Hill
as Alice
as Mary Jones
as Black Lady
as Georgia Bishop
as Evelyn
as Altona
as Lottie
as Maggie Arnett
as Mrs. Gordon
as School Teacher
as Marguerite Peck
as Black lady
as Annie Lamb
as Nurse Margaret
as Suzie
as Virginia Bryan
as Fannie Michael
as Fannie Michael
as Leticia Bostic
as Lettie Bostic
as Maxine Manley
as Blind Lily
as Linda Ganz
as Cora
as Lilah Dean
as Mrs. Hauser
as Minnie Hayward
as Helen Mayfield
as Effie
as Alberta Warren