Mary Alice
Actor
- Born
- December 3, 1936 · Indianola, Mississippi, USA
- Died
- July 27, 2022 (age 85)
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.
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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.
Known for
The Matrix Revolutions
November 5, 2003
Awakenings
December 4, 1990
Malcolm X
November 18, 1992
A Perfect World
November 24, 1993
The Bonfire of the Vanities
December 21, 1990
Life with Mikey
June 4, 1993
Bed of Roses
January 26, 1996
Beat Street
June 8, 1984
Teachers
October 5, 1984
To Sleep with Anger
October 12, 1990
The Matrix Recalibrated
April 6, 2004
Sunshine State
June 21, 2002
Acting35
- 2004The Burly Man Chronicles
- 2004The Matrix Recalibrated as Self
- 2003What I Want My Words to Do to You as Self
- 2003The Matrix Revolutions as The Oracle
- 2002Sunshine State as Eunice Stokes
- 2001The Last Brickmaker in America as Dorothy Cobb
- 2000The Photographer as Violet
- 1999Catfish in Black Bean Sauce as Dolores Williams
- 1999The Wishing Tree as Mattie
- 1998Down in the Delta