Personal Info
Mary Alice
Acting
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. Was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2000. She retired from acting in 2005.
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Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Matrix Recalibrated
as Self
The Burly Man Chronicles
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
The Photographer
as Violet
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
TV Shows
Kojak
as Joyce · 1 ep.
The Jury
1 ep.
Soul Food
as Mrs. Pettaway · 1 ep.
Providence
as Abby Franklin · 1 ep.
Oz
as Eugenia Hill · 1 ep.
Cosby
1 ep.
Touched by an Angel
as Georgia Bishop · 1 ep.
Laurel Avenue
as Maggie Arnett · 2 ep.
Performance
as Black lady · 1 ep.
I'll Fly Away
as Marguerite Peck · 39 ep.
