The Matrix Revolutions2003
As The Oracle
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Mary Alice
Born
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.
Filmography (35)
Awakenings1990
As Nurse Margaret
TMDb 7.8 / 10
A Perfect World1993
As Lottie
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Malcolm X1992
As School Teacher
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Bonfire of the Vanities1990
As Annie Lamb
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Bed of Roses1996
As Alice
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Teachers1984
As Linda Ganz
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Life with Mikey1993
As Mrs. Gordon
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Women of Brewster Place1989
As Fannie Michael
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Beat Street1984
As Cora
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Sunshine State2002
As Eunice Stokes
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Down in the Delta1998
As Rosa Lynn Sinclair
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Lawman Without a Gun1979
As Minnie Hayward
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Heading Home1995
As Mary Jones
TMDb 10.0 / 10
To Sleep with Anger1990
As Suzie
TMDb 6.8 / 10
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion1982
As Beck
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sparkle1976
As Effie
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Last Brickmaker in America2001
As Dorothy Cobb
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Education of Sonny Carson1974
As Moms
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Inkwell1994
As Evelyn
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Matrix Recalibrated2004
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce1999
As Dolores Williams
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder1995
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Mother1994
As Black Lady
The Photographer2000
As Violet
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom1985
As Blind Lily
The Killing Floor1984
As Lilah Dean
TMDb 8.0 / 10
What I Want My Words to Do to You2003
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Just an Old Sweet Song1976
As Helen Mayfield
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Brass Ring1983
As Mrs. Hauser
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Vernon Johns Story1994
As Altona
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Sty of the Blind Pig1974
As Alberta Warren
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Burly Man Chronicles2004
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Wishing Tree1999
As Mattie
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Joshua's World
Joshua's World1980
As Housekeeper
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb