Mary Alice
- Schauspiel
- 3. Dezember 1936 · Indianola, Mississippi, USA
- 27. Juli 2022
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- Kojak · Joyce
- Die Burly Man Chroniken
- The Jury
- The Matrix Recalibrated · Selbst
- What I Want My Words to Do to You · Selbst
- Matrix Revolutions · The Oracle
- Land des Sonnenscheins – Sunshine State · Eunice Stokes
- The Last Brickmaker in America · Dorothy Cobb
- Soul Food · Mrs. Pettaway
- The Photographer · Violet
- Catfish in Black Bean Sauce · Dolores Williams
- Providence · Abby Franklin
- The Wishing Tree · Mattie
- Down in the Delta · Rosa Lynn Sinclair
- Oz - Hölle hinter Gittern · Eugenia Hill
- Cosby
- Das Rosenbett · Alice
- Heading Home · Mary Jones
- Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
- The Mother · Black Lady
- Ein Hauch von Himmel · Georgia Bishop
- Das schwarze Paradies · Evelyn
- The Vernon Johns Story · Altona
- Perfect World · Lottie
- Laurel Avenue · Maggie Arnett
- Hilfe! Jeder ist der Größte · Mrs. Gordon
- Malcolm X · School Teacher
- I'll Fly Away · Marguerite Peck
- Performance · Black lady
- Fegefeuer der Eitelkeiten · Annie Lamb
- Zeit des Erwachens · Nurse Margaret
- To Sleep with Anger · Suzie
- Law & Order · Virginia Bryan
- The Women of Brewster Place · Fannie Michael
- The Women of Brewster Place · Fannie Michael
- College Fieber · Lettie Bostic
- L.A. Law – Staranwälte, Tricks, Prozesse · Maxine Manley
- Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom · Blind Lily
- Die Aufsässigen · Linda Ganz
- Beat Street · Cora
- The Killing Floor · Lilah Dean
- The Brass Ring · Mrs. Hauser
- A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion · Beck
- American Playhouse · Lilah Dean, Blind Lily
- Joshua's World · Housekeeper
- Weißer Haß · Minnie Hayward
- Just an Old Sweet Song · Helen Mayfield
- Sparkle - Der Weg zum Star · Effie
- Make-Up und Pistolen
- Die Erziehung des Sonny Carson · Moms
- Sty of the Blind Pig · Alberta Warren
- Good Times
- Sanford and Son
- Great Performances
- Green Acres