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Mary Alice
Actor
Died 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.
Filmography
| 2015 | Whitney · as Effie |
| 2005 | Kojak (2005) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | The Matrix Revolutions · as Oracle |
| 2003 | Line of Fire (TV Series) · as Jackie Simon |
| 2002 | Sunshine State · as Eunice Stokes |
| 2001 | The Last Brickmaker in America · as Dorothy Cobb |
| 2000 | The Photographer · as Violet |
| 2000 | Soul Food (TV Series) · as Mrs. Pettaway |
| 1999 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce · as Dolores Williams |
| 1999 | The Wishing Tree · as Mattie |
| 1999 | Providence (TV Series) · as Abby Franklin |
| 1998 | Down in the Delta · as Rosa Lynn Sinclair |
| 1997 | Oz (TV Series) · as Eugenia Hill |
| 1996 | Bed of Roses · as Alice |
| 1996 | Cosby (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1995 | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder · as Unknown |
| 1994 | The Inkwell · as Evelyn |
| 1994 | The Vernon Johns Story · as Altona |
| 1994 | Heading Home · as Mary Jones |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Georgia Bishop |
| 1993 | A Perfect World · as Lottie |
| 1993 | Life with Mikey · as Mrs. Gordon |
| 1993 | Laurel Avenue (TV Series) · as Maggie Arnett |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as School Teacher |
| 1991 | I'll Fly Away (TV Series) · as Marguerite Peck |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities · as Annie Lamb |
| 1990 | Awakenings · as Nurse Margaret |
| 1990 | To Sleep with Anger · as Suzie |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Virginia Bryan |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place · as Fannie Michael |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place (TV Series) · as Fannie Michael |
| 1987 | A Different World (TV Series) · as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Maxine Manley |
| 1985 | Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom · as Blind Lily |
| 1984 | Beat Street · as Cora |
| 1984 | The Killing Floor · as Lilah Dean |
| 1984 | Teachers · as Linda Ganz |
| 1983 | The Brass Ring · as Mrs. Hauser |
| 1982 | |
| 1976 | Sparkle · as Effie |
| 1974 | The Education of Sonny Carson · as Moms |
| 1974 | Good Times (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | Police Woman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1974 | The Sty of the Blind Pig · as Alberta Warren |
| 1972 | Sanford and Son (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1970 | All My Children (TV Series) · as Ellie Grant Hubbard (1980) |
| 1965 | Green Acres (TV Series) · as Unknown |