Mary Alice
| Mary Alice | |
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 Alice at the 45th Emmy Awards Governor's Ball, 1993. | |
| Born |
Mary Alice Smith December 3, 1941 Indianola, Mississippi, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1970–present |
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 a yen 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 | Awakenings | Nurse Margaret | |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Annie Lamb | |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger | Suzie | Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead |
| 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 | 19 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
Nominations
Nominations
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Nominations
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References
- ↑ Mary Alice Biography (1941-)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Mary Alice- Biography". Yahoo!. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Mary Alice". The Broadway League. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ "Theater family comes together to celebrate Hall of Fame honorees". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
- ↑ Scott, A. O. (November 5, 2003). "The Matrix Revolutions (2003) FILM REVIEW; The Game Concludes With Light And Noise". The New York Times.
External links
- Mary Alice at AllMovie
- Mary Alice at the Internet Broadway Database
- Mary Alice at the Internet Movie Database
- TonyAwards.com Interview with Mary Alice
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