Mary Alice
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.1494 |
| Birthday | 1936-12-03 |
| Place of Birth | Indianola, Mississippi, USA |
| Also Known As |
2003
The Matrix Revolutions
6.758/11132
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing t...
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The Matrix Revolutions
1990
Awakenings
7.786/2958
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patie...
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Awakenings
1996
Bed of Roses
5.872/129
The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from a secret admirer. But when his fairy-tale fantasies c...
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Bed of Roses
1976
Sparkle
7.3/23
Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a successful girl group in the 1960s.
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Sparkle
1993
A Perfect World
7.501/1927
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
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A Perfect World
1994
The Mother
0/0
Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old woman who seeks a job after 40 years of being a homemak...
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The Mother
1974
The Education of Sonny Carson
5.688/8
A 1974 film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson who joined a gang and committed petty crime before being sent to prison. After his...
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The Education of Sonny Carson
1998
Down in the Delta
6.317/30
A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to her ancestral home in the Mississippi Delta, to live...
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Down in the Delta
1989
The Women of Brewster Place
6.81/21
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
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The Women of Brewster Place
2004
The Matrix Recalibrated
6.925/60
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The Matrix Recalibrated
1994
The Vernon Johns Story
8.5/4
In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Incensed at the racial injustice t...
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The Vernon Johns Story
1990
To Sleep with Anger
6.8/68
An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in South-Central LA.
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To Sleep with Anger
2003
What I Want My Words to Do to You
7.8/5
An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15 women, most of whom were convicted of murder. Through...
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What I Want My Words to Do to You
1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
7/2
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A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1983
The Brass Ring
7/1
A mother afflicted with depression comes into conflict with own mother and children when she refuses to seek professional health care.
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The Brass Ring
1984
Teachers
5.717/83
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1985
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
0/0
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Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1992
Malcolm X
7.554/1993
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he b...
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Malcolm X
1994
The Inkwell
5.69/21
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
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The Inkwell
2000
The Photographer
4.75/4
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The Photographer
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
8/6
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-yea...
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The Last Brickmaker in America
1980
Joshua's World
8/1
The pilot story, set in the small town of Strawee, Arkansas in the '30s, follows the experiences of Joshua Torrance, a doctor whose practice is jeopar...
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Joshua's World
1999
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
5.364/11
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After 22 years, the children are reunited with their...
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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
1984
Beat Street
6.851/97
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
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Beat Street
1979
Lawman Without a Gun
9/1
During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small Southern town and runs for sheriff against the incumbent, a...
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Lawman Without a Gun
1999
The Wishing Tree
7.5/6
When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to her Georgia hometown and is soon captivated by a loca...
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The Wishing Tree
1993
Life with Mikey
5.7/161
Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child acts. When a young girl off the street puts on a real pe...
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Life with Mikey
1995
Heading Home
10/1
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Heading Home
1974
Sty of the Blind Pig
10/1
After moving to Chicago from the South just as the civil rights movement takes hold, the members of an African American family led by steely matriarch...
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Sty of the Blind Pig
2004
The Burly Man Chronicles
6.9/10
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The Burly Man Chronicles
1976
Just an Old Sweet Song
7/2
Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack up their kids and leave Detroit to head down South. E...
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Just an Old Sweet Song
2002
Sunshine State
6.42/44
A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must deal with family, business, and encroaching real estat...
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Sunshine State
1984
The Killing Floor
8/4
During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's slaughterhouses, where he becomes embroiled in the orga...
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The Killing Floor
1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
7/1
Ray investigates the murder of a judge.
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Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
1990
The Bonfire of the Vanities
5.611/555
After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and...
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