MA
Photo of Mary Alice

Mary Alice

Actor
Born December 3, 1936Died July 27, 2022 (85 years)
Mary Alice Smith (born December 3, 1941), known professionally as Mary Alice, is an American film, television, and stage actress. Alice is known for her roles as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic on NBC's A Different World (1987–1989) and Effie Williams in the 1976 musical drama Sparkle. Alice has also performed on the stage, and received a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her appearance in the 1987 production of August Wilson's Fences.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Bonfire of the Vanities
  • Bed of Roses
  • The Wishing Tree
  • The Vernon Johns Story
  • The Women of Brewster Place
Known For
  • The Matrix Revolutions
  • Sunshine State
  • I'll Fly Away
  • Bed of Roses
  • To Sleep with Anger
  • Beat Street
  • The Women of Brewster Place
  • Life with Mikey
  • Down in the Delta
  • Sparkle
  • Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
  • The Vernon Johns Story
  • The Last Brickmaker in America
  • Laurel Avenue
  • The Wishing Tree
  • The Inkwell
  • The Education of Sonny Carson
  • The Sty of the Blind Pig
  • Lawman Without a Gun

Filmography

2015
Whitney · as Effie
2005
Kojak (2005) (TV Series) · as Joyce
2004
2004
The Jury (2004) (TV Series)
2003
Line of Fire (TV Series) · as Jackie Simon
2003
The Matrix Revolutions · as The Oracle
2002
Sunshine State · as Eunice Stokes
2001
2000
Soul Food (TV Series) · as Mrs. Pettaway
2000
The Photographer · as Violet
2000
1999
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce · as Dolores Williams
1999
Providence (TV Series) · as Abby Franklin
1998
Down in the Delta · as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
1997
Oz (TV Series) · as Eugenia Hill
1997
Orleans (TV Series) · as Ella Clark
1996
Cosby (TV Series)
1996
1995
1994
Heading Home · as Mary Jones
1994
Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Georgia Bishop
1994
The Inkwell · as Evelyn
1994
1993
A Perfect World · as Lottie
1993
Laurel Avenue (TV Series) · as Maggie Arnett
1993
Life with Mikey · as Mrs. Gordon
1992
Malcolm X · as School Teacher
1991
I'll Fly Away (TV Series) · as Marguerite Peck
1991
Performance (TV Series) · as Cast
1990
Awakenings · as Nurse Margaret
1990
1990
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Virginia Bryan
1989
1989
The Women of Brewster Place (TV Series) · as Fannie Michael
1987
A Different World (TV Series) · as Lettie Bostic
1986
L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Maxine Manley
1984
1984
Teachers · as Linda Ganz
1984
Beat Street · as Cora
1984
The Killing Floor · as Lilah Dean
1983
The Brass Ring · as Mrs. Hauser
1982
1980
American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Blind Lily
1978
Lawman Without a Gun · as Minnie Hayward
1976
Visions (1976) (TV Series) · as Evelyn Burrell
1976
Just an Old Sweet Song · as Helen Mayfield
1976
Serpico (TV Series) · as Angel
1976
Sparkle · as Effie
1975
The Family Holvak (TV Series) · as Samantha Wilson
1974
Police Woman (TV Series)
1974
1974
The Sty of the Blind Pig · as Alberta Warren
1974
Good Times (TV Series)
1972
The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Mrs. Garth
1972
Sanford and Son (TV Series)
1971
Great Performances (TV Series)
1970
All My Children (TV Series) · as Ellie Grant Hubbard (1980)
1965
Green Acres (TV Series)
1963
The Doctors (TV Series) · as Wilma
1960
Insight (TV Series) · as Karen Fuller

Take Plex everywhere

Watch free anytime, anywhere, on almost any device.
See the full list of supported devices