Personal Info
Known Credits
35
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1936-12-03 (89 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Indianola, Mississippi, USA
Also Known For
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. ...
Known For
Acting
2004 --
The Burly Man Chronicles
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2004 --
The Matrix Recalibrated
| Self
2003 --
What I Want My Words to Do to You
| Self
2003 --
The Matrix Revolutions
| The Oracle
2002 --
Sunshine State
| Eunice Stokes
2001 --
The Last Brickmaker in America
| Dorothy Cobb
2000 --
The Photographer
| Violet
1999 --
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
| Dolores Williams
1999 --
The Wishing Tree
| Mattie
1998 --
Down in the Delta
| Rosa Lynn Sinclair
1996 --
Bed of Roses
| Alice
1995 --
Heading Home
| Mary Jones
1995 --
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
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1994 --
The Mother
| Black Lady
1994 --
The Inkwell
| Evelyn
1994 --
The Vernon Johns Story
| Altona
1993 --
A Perfect World
| Lottie
1993 --
Life with Mikey
| Mrs. Gordon
1992 --
Malcolm X
| School Teacher
1990 --
The Bonfire of the Vanities
| Annie Lamb
1990 --
Awakenings
| Nurse Margaret
1990 --
To Sleep with Anger
| Suzie
1989 --
The Women of Brewster Place
| Fannie Michael
1985 --
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
| Blind Lily
1984 --
Teachers
| Linda Ganz
1984 --
Beat Street
| Cora
1984 --
The Killing Floor
| Lilah Dean
1983 --
The Brass Ring
| Mrs. Hauser
1982 --
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
| Beck
1980 --
Joshua's World
| Housekeeper
1979 --
Lawman Without a Gun
| Minnie Hayward
1976 --
Just an Old Sweet Song
| Helen Mayfield
1976 --
Sparkle
| Effie
1974 --
The Education of Sonny Carson
| Moms
1974 --
Sty of the Blind Pig
| Alberta Warren