Mary Alice

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

55

Gender

Female

Birthday

1936-12-03

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. 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.

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Great Performances

    Great Performances

  • Police Woman

    Police Woman

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Oz

    Oz

  • A Different World

    A Different World

  • Providence

    Providence

  • Sanford and Son

    Sanford and Son

  • L.A. Law

    L.A. Law

  • Green Acres

    Green Acres

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Good Times

    Good Times

  • Awakenings

    Awakenings

  • The Matrix Revolutions

    The Matrix Revolutions

  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

  • The Vernon Johns Story

    The Vernon Johns Story

  • Cosby

    Cosby

  • I'll Fly Away

    I'll Fly Away

  • I'll Fly Away

    I'll Fly Away

  • The Brass Ring

    The Brass Ring

  • Sparkle

    Sparkle

  • Life with Mikey

    Life with Mikey

  • The Jury

    The Jury

  • Joshua's World

    Joshua's World

  • The Bonfire of the Vanities

    The Bonfire of the Vanities

  • Soul Food

    Soul Food

  • The Women of Brewster Place

    The Women of Brewster Place

  • Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

    Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

  • Teachers

    Teachers

  • A Different World

    A Different World

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • The Killing Floor

    The Killing Floor

  • The Matrix Recalibrated

    The Matrix Recalibrated

  • What I Want My Words to Do to You

    What I Want My Words to Do to You

  • Bed of Roses

    Bed of Roses

  • The Mother

    The Mother

  • A Perfect World

    A Perfect World

  • Down in the Delta

    Down in the Delta

  • Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

    Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

  • Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

  • The Last Brickmaker in America

    The Last Brickmaker in America

  • A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

    A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

  • The Photographer

    The Photographer

  • Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

    Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

  • Heading Home

    Heading Home

  • Laurel Avenue

    Laurel Avenue

  • Lawman Without a Gun

    Lawman Without a Gun

  • Just an Old Sweet Song

    Just an Old Sweet Song

  • The Inkwell

    The Inkwell

  • The Burly Man Chronicles

    The Burly Man Chronicles

  • Beat Street

    Beat Street

  • To Sleep with Anger

    To Sleep with Anger

  • Sty of the Blind Pig

    Sty of the Blind Pig

  • The Education of Sonny Carson

    The Education of Sonny Carson

  • The Wishing Tree

    The Wishing Tree