Mary Alice *****
Rest In Peace
American Actress
Born December 3, 1936, in Indianola, Mississippi.
Died July 27, 2022, in New York City.
The daughter of Ozelar and Sam Smith, she was born Mary Alice Smith. The daughter of Ozelar and Sam Smith, she was born Mary Alice Smith. Her family moved from Mississippi to Chicago when she was two years of age. She had a passion for theatre and began acting on stage.
Mary Alice started as a Chicago teacher but turned to Acting in the 1960s. She got her education and training at Chicago State University. By the 1960s, she had returned to her childhood love of acting and started performing in community theatre before moving to New York City and appearing in a number of plays at La MaMa, including Adrienne Kennedy's A Rat's Mass. She received training at the Negro Ensemble Company. Most of her career took place on the professional stage.
In 1977 she appeared in "Cockfight" with Morgan Freeman directed by Woodle King Jr. In 1987 she received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in August Wilson's "Fences" with James Earl Jones In 1995 she received a Tony nomination for best actress for the play "Having Our Say" with Gloria Foster.
Alice appeared in over 50 television shows and feature films during her career. She made her screen debut in the 1974 film "The Education of Sonny Carson", and "Sparkle" the 1976 American musical drama film with Irene Cara, she later guest-starred in "Police Woman" and "Sanford and Son". She played Ellie Grant Hubbard on the soap opera "All My Children" in the early 1980s and "A Different World" as Leticia 'Lettie' Bostic from 1988 to 1989. Her other film credits include "Malcolm X" (1992), "The Inkwell" (1994), and "Down in the Delta" with Alfre Woodard. She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2000. She retired from showbusiness in 2005.
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