Actor
Mary Alice
December 3, 1936 · Indianola, Mississippi, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Jada Pinkett Smith
2 titles together
The Matrix Revolutions, A Different World
Harold Perrineau
2 titles together
The Matrix Revolutions, Oz
Richard Libertini
2 titles together
Awakenings, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Barton Heyman
2 titles together
Awakenings, The Bonfire of the Vanities
Bradley Whitford
2 titles together
Awakenings, A Perfect World
Angela Bassett
2 titles together
Malcolm X, Sunshine State
Full filmography · 52
The Burly Man Chronicles
cast
2004
The Matrix Revolutions
as The Oracle
20036.8
Sunshine State
as Eunice Stokes
20026.4
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
2001
The Photographer
as Violet
2000
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
1999
The Wishing Tree
as Mattie
1999
Down in the Delta
as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
19986.3
Bed of Roses
as Alice
19965.9
Heading Home
as Mary Jones
1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
cast
1995
The Mother
as Black Lady
1994