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Mary Alice
Mary Alice at the 45th Emmy Awards, Image by Alan Light
Birth name	Mary Alice Smith
Born	December 3, 1941 (age 65) Indianola, Mississippi  United States
Notable roles	Rose Maxson in Fences Lettie Bostic in A Different World Oracle in The Matrix Revolutions
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress - Drama Series 1993 I'll Fly Away
Tony Awards
Best Featured Actress in a Play 1987 Fences

Mary Alice Smith (born December 3, 1941 in Indianola, Mississippi, USA) is an Emmy Award and Tony Award winning actress. In 1987 she received a Tony for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her work in Fences. She also won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1993 for I'll Fly Away (1991-1993). She replaced Gloria Foster, in the motion picture The Matrix Revolutions as The Oracle after Foster died in 2001.

• The Matrix Online (2005) (voice) ... as The Oracle
• The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) ... as Herself
• The Matrix Recalibrated (2004) ... as Herself
  • ... aka Revolutions Recalibrated (USA)
• The Matrix Revolutions (2003) ... as The Oracle
  • ... aka The Matrix Revolutions: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version (promotional title))
• Enter the Matrix (2003) ... as The Oracle
• What I Want My Words to Do to You: Voices From Inside a Women's Maximum Security Prison (2003) ... as Herself
• Sunshine State (2002) ... as Mrs. Eunice Stokes
• The Life (2002) (as Mary Alice Smith) ... as Emiline Crane
• The Last Brickmaker in America (2001) ... as Dorothy Cobb
• The Photographer (2000) ... as Violet
• Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999) ... as Dolores Williams
• The Wishing Tree (1999) ... as Mattie
• Down in the Delta (1998) ... as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
• Bed of Roses (1996) ... as Alice
• Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995) ... as Adele Thompson
• Heading Home (1995)
• The Mother (1994)
  • ... aka Great Performances: The Mother (USA: series title)
  • ... aka Paddy Chayefsky's The Mother (USA)
• The Inkwell (1994) ... as Evelyn
  • ... aka No Ordinary Summer
• The Vernon Johns Story (1994) ... as Altona
  • ... aka The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story (USA)
• A Perfect World (1993) ... as Lottie, Mack's Wife
• Laurel Avenue (1993) ... as Maggie Arnett
• Life with Mikey (1993) ... as Mrs. Gordon
  • ... aka Give Me a Break
• Malcolm X (1992) ... as School Teacher
  • ... aka X (USA: poster title)
• I'll Fly Away (1991) ... as Marguerite Peck
• The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) ... as Annie Lamb
• Awakenings (1990) ... as Nurse Margaret
• To Sleep with Anger (1990) ... as Suzie
• The Women of Brewster Place (1989) ... as Fannie Michael
• A Different World (1987) ... Leticia 'Lettie' Bostic (1988-1989)
• Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985)
  • ... aka Half-Slave, Half-Free 2
• Teachers (1984) ... as Linda Ganz
• Beat Street (1984) ... as Cora
• Concealed Enemies (1984) ... as Edith Murray
• The Brass Ring (1983) ... as Mrs. Hauser
• The Color of Friendship (1981) ... as Mrs. Garth
• All My Children (1970) ... as Mrs. Hubbard (1980)
  • ... aka All My Children: The Summer of Seduction (USA: promotional title)
• Lawman Without a Gun (1979) ... as Minnie Hayward
• Just an Old Sweet Song (1976) ... as Helen Mayfield
  • ... aka Down Home
• Sparkle (1976) ... as Effie
• The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) ... as Moms
• The Sty of the Blind Pig (1974) ... as Alberta Warren

• Mary Alice at the Internet Movie Database
• Mary Alice at the Internet Broadway Database