Mary Alice
Biography
Mary Alice, born Mary Alice Smith in Indianola, Mississippi, and raised in Chicago, was an American actress whose career took in television, film, and theater. She went back to acting in the mid-1960s by way of community theater and later appeared at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her screen debut came in The Education of Sonny Carson (1974), and she later acted in Sparkle (1976), Beat Street (1984), Malcolm X (1992), The Inkwell (1994), and Down in the Delta (1998). On television, she played Leticia Bostic on A Different World from 1987 to 1989 and won an Emmy Award in 1993 for her supporting work on I'll Fly Away. On stage, she won a Tony Award in 1987 for featured actress in a play for Fences and earned induction into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2000. She took over the Oracle role from Gloria Foster in The Matrix Revolutions (2003) and retired from acting in 2005.
85years old at death
- Born Indianola
- Died Manhattan
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Mary Alice Smith
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 27 years1976 to 2003
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A change of course
After graduating from Chicago Teacher's College, which is now Chicago State University, Mary Alice went on to teach at an elementary school.
Mary Alice movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Six actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Box office
What Mary Alice's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$560 million
10 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 2 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$425M75.9% of the total
- 2$52M9.3% of the total
- 3$19M3.4% of the total
- 4$17M3.0% of the total
- 5$16M2.8% of the total
- 6$12M2.2% of the total
- 7$8.9M1.6% of the total
- 8$5.7M1.0% of the total
$4.5 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total
Awards
Two awards and honors from 1987 to 1993, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1993 | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | I'll Fly Away | Won |
| Tony Awards | |||
| 1987 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Won | |
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