Mary Alice
Acting
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Acting Credits
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. ...
Known For
Filmography
Kojak
2005
as Joyce
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004
as Self
The Burly Man Chronicles
2004
The Jury
2004
The Matrix Revolutions
2003
as The Oracle
What I Want My Words to Do to You
2003
as Self
Sunshine State
2002
as Eunice Stokes
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
as Dorothy Cobb
The Photographer
2000
as Violet
Soul Food
2000
as Mrs. Pettaway
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
1999
as Dolores Williams
The Wishing Tree
1999
as Mattie
Providence
1999
as Abby Franklin
Down in the Delta
1998
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Oz
1997
as Eugenia Hill
Bed of Roses
1996
as Alice
Cosby
1996
Heading Home
1995
as Mary Jones
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1995
The Mother
1994
as Black Lady
The Vernon Johns Story
1994
as Altona
The Inkwell
1994
as Evelyn
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Georgia Bishop
A Perfect World
1993
as Lottie
Life with Mikey
1993
as Mrs. Gordon
Laurel Avenue
1993
as Maggie Arnett
Malcolm X
1992
as School Teacher
I'll Fly Away
1991
as Marguerite Peck
I'll Fly Away
1991
Performance
1991
as Black lady
Awakenings
1990
as Nurse Margaret
To Sleep with Anger
1990
as Suzie
The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
as Annie Lamb
Law & Order
1990
as Virginia Bryan
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Fannie Michael
The Women of Brewster Place
1989
as Fannie Michael
A Different World
1987
as Lettie Bostic
L.A. Law
1986
as Maxine Manley
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985
as Blind Lily
Teachers
1984
as Linda Ganz
Beat Street
1984
as Cora
The Killing Floor
1984
as Lilah Dean
The Brass Ring
1983
as Mrs. Hauser
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
as Beck
American Playhouse
1982
as Lilah Dean
American Playhouse
1982
as Blind Lily
Joshua's World
1980
as Housekeeper
Lawman Without a Gun
1979
as Minnie Hayward
Sparkle
1976
as Effie
Just an Old Sweet Song
1976
as Helen Mayfield
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974
as Moms
Sty of the Blind Pig
1974
as Alberta Warren
Good Times
1974
Police Woman
1974
Sanford and Son
1972
Great Performances
1971
Green Acres
1965