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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.
Known For
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 | The Last Brickmaker in America · as Dorothy Cobb |
| 2000 | Soul Food (TV Series) · as Mrs. Pettaway |
| 2000 | The Photographer · as Violet |
| 2000 | The Wishing Tree · as Mattie |
| 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 | Bed of Roses · as Alice |
| 1995 | |
| 1994 | Heading Home · as Mary Jones |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Georgia Bishop |
| 1994 | The Inkwell · as Evelyn |
| 1994 | The Vernon Johns Story · as Altona |
| 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 | The Bonfire of the Vanities · as Annie Lamb |
| 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 Lettie Bostic |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Maxine Manley |
| 1984 | Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom · as Blind Lily |
| 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 | The Education of Sonny Carson · as Moms |
| 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 |