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Mary Alice

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Actress

The Resume

    (December 3, 1936-July 27, 2022)
    Born in Indianola, Mississippi
    Birth name was Mary Alice Smith
    Portrayed Lettie Bostic in A Different World (1987-89) and Marguerite Peck in 'I'll Fly Away' (1992-93)
    Appeared in the films 'The Education of Sonny Carson' (1974), 'Sparkle' (1976), 'Teachers' (1984), 'To Sleep with Anger' (1990), 'Malcolm X' (1992), 'Down in the Delta' (1998), 'Sunshine State' (2002), and 'The Matrix Revolutions' (2003)
    Appeared on Broadway in 'No Place to Be Somebody' (1971), 'Fences' (1987-88), 'The Shadow Box' (1994-95), and 'Having Our Say' (1995)
    Inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame (2000)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her birth year has also been given as 1941.
    She got her first professional acting job when the Negro Ensemble Company arrived in Chicago on tour and Equity regulations required that they include them to hire at least one local actor: 'I was hired to do a couple of roles and the laundry.'
    She was cast as the Oracle in the Matrix series after original actress Gloria Foster died.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Before taking up acting, she was an elementary school teacher.
    She won an Obie (the off-Broadway equivalent of a Tony) for her performance as Portia in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of 'Julius Caesar.' (1979)
    She won a Tony and a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in August Wilson's 'Fences.' (1987)
    She won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for 'I'll Fly Away.' (1993)

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying