Mary Alice

For other uses, see Mary Alice (disambiguation).
Mary Alice

Alice at the 45th Emmy Awards Governor's Ball, 1993.
Born Mary Alice Smith
(1941-12-03) December 3, 1941
Indianola, Mississippi, US
Nationality American
Occupation Actress
Years active 1970–2005

Mary Alice (born Mary Alice Smith; December 3, 1941) is an American actress.

Life and career

Alice was born Mary Alice Smith in Indianola, Mississippi, the daughter of Ozelar (née Jurnakin) and Sam Smith.[1] She had an ability to act and began her career on stage in her hometown.[2]

Alice has appeared in over 50 television shows and feature films during her career. She made her screen debut in 1974 film The Education of Sonny Carson, and later guest-starred in Police Woman and Sanford and Son. She played Ellie Grant Hubbard on soap opera All My Children in the early 1980s, and co-starred in A Different World as Leticia 'Lettie' Bostic from 1988 to 1989.[2]

In 1987 she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in Fences.[3] She also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1993 for I'll Fly Away (1991–1993).[2] Alice's other film credits include Malcolm X (1992), The Inkwell (1994) and Down in the Delta with Alfre Woodard.[2]

In 2000, Alice was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.[4]

Alice replaced Gloria Foster in the film The Matrix Revolutions[5] and video game Enter The Matrix as the Oracle, after Foster died in 2001.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1974 The Education of Sonny Carson Moms
1974 The Sty of the Blind Pig Alberta Warren Television movie
1976 Just an Old Sweet Song Helen Mayfield Television movie
1976 Sparkle Effie
1979 Lawman Without a Gun Minnie Hayward Television movie
1981 The Color of Friendship Mrs. Garth
1983 The Brass Ring Mrs. Hauser Television movie
1984 Beat Street Cora Kirkland
1984 Concealed Enemies Edith Murray
1984 Teachers Linda Ganz
1985 Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom Blind Lily
1990 To Sleep with Anger Suzie Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities Annie Lamb
1990 Awakenings Nurse Margaret
1992 Malcolm X School teacher
1993 A Perfect World Lottie
1993 Laurel Avenue Maggie Arnett Television movie
Nominated—CableACE Award for Best Actress in a Movie or Miniseries
1993 Life with Mikey Mrs. Gordon
1994 The Inkwell Evelyn
1994 The Vernon Johns Story Altona Television movie
1995 Heading Home N/A
1995 Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder Adele Thompson Television movie
1996 Bed of Roses Alice
1998 Down in the Delta Rosa Lynn Sinclair
1999 Catfish in Black Bean Sauce Dolores Williams
1999 The Wishing Tree Mattie
2000 The Photographer Violet
2001 The Last Brickmaker in America Dorothy Cobb Television movie
2002 Sunshine State Mrs. Eunice Stokes
2002 The Life Emiline Crane Short film
2003 The Matrix Revolutions The Oracle Nominated—Black Reel Award for Best Supporting Actress

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1975 Police Woman Marnie Episode: "Target Black"
1975 Sanford and Son Frances Victor 2 episodes
1975 Good Times Loretta Episode: "The Baby"
1975 The Family Holvak Samantha Wilson Episode: "The Tribute"
1976 Insight Karen Fuller Episode: "Juvie"
1976 Serpico Angel Episode: "The Traitor in Our Midst"
1976 Visions Evelyn Burrell Episode: "Scenes from the Middle Class"
1980 All My Children Ellie Grant Hubbard Unknown episodes
1988–1989 A Different World Leticia "Lettie" Bostic 25 episodes
1989 The Women of Brewster Place Fannie Michael 2 episodes
1990 L.A. Law Maxine Manley Episode: "Watts a Matter?"
1992 I'll Fly Away Marguerite Peck 7 episodes
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
1993 Law & Order Virginia Bryan Episode: "Mother Love"
1994 Great Performances N/A Episode: "Paddy Chayefsky's 'The Mother'"
1997 Orleans Ella Clark Episode: "Baby-Sitting"
1999 Cosby Loretta 3 episodes
2000 Touched by an Angel Georgia Bishop Episode: "God Bless the Child"
2000 Providence Abby Franklin Episode: "The Gift"
2001 Soul Food Mrs. Pettaway Episode: "Sex and Money"
2002 Oz Eugenia Hill Episode: "Visitation"
2004 Line of Fire Jackie Simon Episode: "The Senator"
2004 The Jury Elaine Nebatoff Episode: "Memories"
2005 Kojak Joyce Episode: "All That Glitters"

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1969–1971 No Place to Be Somebody Cora Beasley
1987–1988 Fences Rose Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
1994–1995 The Shadow Box Maggie
1995 Having Our Say Dr. Bessie Delaney Nominated—Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
Nominated—Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play

Awards

Tony Awards
  • 1987 Best Featured Actress in a Play - Fences

Nominations

  • 1995 Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play - Having Our Say
Emmy Awards
  • 1993 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - I'll Fly Away

Nominations

  • 1992 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series - I'll Fly Away
Drama Desk Award
  • 1987 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play - Fences

Nominations

  • 1995 Outstanding Actress in a Play - Having Our Say
Independent Spirit Award Nomination
Black Reel Award Nomination
CableACE Award

References

  1. ↑ Mary Alice Biography (1941-)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Mary Alice- Biography". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mary Alice". The Broadway League. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Theater family comes together to celebrate Hall of Fame honorees". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ Scott, A. O. (November 5, 2003). "The Matrix Revolutions (2003) FILM REVIEW; The Game Concludes With Light And Noise". The New York Times.
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