Mary Alice
Acting
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.
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
Age 62 (now 85)
What I Want My Words to Do to You
as Self
Age 67 (now 85)
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Dorothy Cobb
Age 64 (now 85)
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Dolores Williams
Age 62 (now 85)
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
as Blind Lily
Age 48 (now 85)
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
as Beck
Age 45 (now 85)
The Women of Brewster Place
as Fannie Michael
Age 52 (now 85)
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