Mary Alice

Personal Info

Birthday

December 3, 1936

Day of Death

2022-07-27

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Indianola, Mississippi, USA

Mary Alice

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

Law & Order

L.A. Law

Touched by an Angel

A Different World

Performance

Providence

The Matrix Revolutions

Filmography

2004
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
2003
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
2002
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
2000
The Photographer
as Violet
1999
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
1998
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
1996
Bed of Roses
as Alice
1995
Heading Home
as Mary Jones
1994
The Mother
as Black Lady
The Inkwell
as Evelyn
The Vernon Johns Story
as Altona
1993
A Perfect World
as Lottie
Life with Mikey
as Mrs. Gordon
1992
Malcolm X
as School Teacher
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
as Annie Lamb
Awakenings
as Nurse Margaret
To Sleep with Anger
as Suzie
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Blind Lily
1984
Teachers
as Linda Ganz
Beat Street
as Cora
The Killing Floor
as Lilah Dean
1983
The Brass Ring
as Mrs. Hauser
1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Beck
1980
Joshua's World
as Housekeeper
1979
Lawman Without a Gun
as Minnie Hayward
1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
as Helen Mayfield
Sparkle
as Effie
1974
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Moms
Sty of the Blind Pig
as Alberta Warren