Mary Alice
- Recitazione
- 3 dicembre 1936 · Indianola, Mississippi, USA
- 27 luglio 2022
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Kojak · Joyce
- The Burly Man Chronicles
- The Jury
- The Matrix Recalibrated · In persona
- What I Want My Words to Do to You · In persona
- Matrix Revolutions · The Oracle
- La costa del sole · 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
- Una nuova vita · Rosa Lynn Sinclair
- Oz · Eugenia Hill
- Cosby
- Amare è · Alice
- Heading Home · Mary Jones
- Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
- The Mother · Black Lady
- Il tocco di un angelo · Georgia Bishop
- The Inkwell · Evelyn
- The Vernon Johns Story · Altona
- Un mondo perfetto · Lottie
- Laurel Avenue · Maggie Arnett
- Cercasi superstar · Mrs. Gordon
- Malcolm X · School Teacher
- Io volerò via · Marguerite Peck
- Performance · Black lady
- Il falò delle vanità · Annie Lamb
- Risvegli · Nurse Margaret
- To Sleep with Anger · Suzie
- Law & Order - I due volti della giustizia · Virginia Bryan
- The Women of Brewster Place · Fannie Michael
- The Women of Brewster Place · Fannie Michael
- Tutti al college · Lettie Bostic
- Avvocati a Los Angeles · Maxine Manley
- Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom · Blind Lily
- Teachers · 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
- Lawman Without a Gun · Minnie Hayward
- Just an Old Sweet Song · Helen Mayfield
- Sparkle · Effie
- Pepper Anderson agente speciale
- The Education of Sonny Carson · Moms
- Sty of the Blind Pig · Alberta Warren
- Good Times
- Sanford and Son
- Great Performances
- La fattoria dei giorni felici