Mary Alice
Born in Indianola, Mississippi, USA — Dec 03 1936• Died Jul 27 2022
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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.…
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Law & Order
Virginia Bryan
Great Performances
L.A. Law
Maxine Manley
Oz
Eugenia Hill
Providence
Abby Franklin
Touched by an Angel
Georgia Bishop
Police Woman
Green Acres
A Different World
Lettie Bostic
Performance
Black lady
Sanford and Son
Good Times
Cosby
I'll Fly Away
Marguerite Peck
The Matrix Revolutions
The Oracle
The Jury
Soul Food
Mrs. Pettaway
Awakenings
Nurse Margaret
Malcolm X
School Teacher
Kojak
Joyce
A Perfect World
Lottie
Laurel Avenue
Maggie Arnett
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Annie Lamb
Teachers
Linda Ganz
Life with Mikey
Mrs. Gordon
The Women of Brewster Place
Fannie Michael
Beat Street
Cora
To Sleep with Anger
Suzie
The Matrix Recalibrated
Self
Sunshine State
Eunice Stokes
Bed of Roses
Alice
The Inkwell
Evelyn
The Mother
Black Lady
Sparkle
Effie
Heading Home
Mary Jones
The Killing Floor
Lilah Dean
Down in the Delta
Rosa Lynn Sinclair
The Burly Man Chronicles
The Wishing Tree
Mattie
Just an Old Sweet Song
Helen Mayfield
The Photographer
Violet
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Beck
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Dolores Williams
The Women of Brewster Place
Fannie Michael
The Education of Sonny Carson
Moms
The Vernon Johns Story
Altona
Lawman Without a Gun
Minnie Hayward
The Brass Ring
Mrs. Hauser
The Last Brickmaker in America
Dorothy Cobb
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Self
Joshua's World
Housekeeper
Sty of the Blind Pig
Alberta Warren
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Blind Lily