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