Mary Alice
American actress (1941–2022)
Mary Alice Smith (December 3, 1936[1][a] – July 27, 2022), also known as Mary Alice, was an American actress. Alice was known for her roles as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic on the NBC sitcom A Different World and Effie Williams in the 1976 musical drama Sparkle. Alice won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her role in the 1987 production of August Wilson's Fences.[4][5] She also won an Emmy Award in 1993. Alice also played the Oracle in The Matrix Revolutions.
Mary Alice | |
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 Alice at the 45th Emmy Awards Governor's Ball, 1993 | |
| Born | Mary Alice Smith December 3, 1936[1][a] Indianola, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 2022 (aged 85)[2][3] Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Chicago Teacher's College |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1969–2005 |
Alice died on July 27, 2022 at her home in New York City.[6]
Notes
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change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 – Mary Alice Smith in household of Sam Smith, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-2647, sheet 7B, line 74, family 162, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 – 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1005
- ↑ People – Mary Alice, A Different World and Sparkle Actress, Dead at 85: 'A Shoulder We All Stood On'; Mary Alice, who was best known for her roles in A Different World and Sparkle, died on Wednesday at her home in Manhattan – 28 July 2022
- ↑ BET – Mary Alice, 'Different World', 'Sparkle' Actress Dies – July 27, 2022
- ↑ "Mary Alice". The Broadway League. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
- ↑ Company, Johnson Publishing (22 June 1987). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ Elizabeth Blair (July 28, 2022). "Tony and Emmy winning actress Mary Alice has died at age 85". NPR. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
- ↑ "Mary Alice – Playbill". Playbill.
Other websites
change- Mary Alice on IMDb
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