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.
She did some acting in New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s, performing in multiple productions at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in Manhattan’s East Village between 1969 and 1973. Her first production at La MaMa was Adrienne Kennedy’s A Rat’s Mass in September 1969. She reprised her role as Sister Rat in the October 1969 production, and again in the January 1971 production. All three productions were directed by Seth Allen.
In 1970, Mary Alice performed in Ed Bullins’ Street Sounds, directed by Hugh Gittens. She later performed in Lamar Alford’s Thoughts in December 1972 and January 1973.
Mary Alice made her screen début in the 1974 film The Education of Sonny Carson, and later appeared in the television shows Police Woman and Sanford and Son. She played Ellie Grant Hubbard on the soap opera All My Children during the mid-1980s, and co–starred in A Different World as Leticia ‘Lettie’ Bostic from the series’ start in 1987 until the end of the second season in 1989.
Mary Alice won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 1993 for I’ll Fly Away. Her other film credits include Malcolm X (1992), The Inkwell (1994), and Down in the Delta (1998).
In 2000, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Mary Alice replaced Gloria Foster as the Oracle in the film The Matrix Revolutions and the video game Enter the Matrix after Foster, who originated the role, died in 2001. –Wikipedia
| Credit Type | Production | Season |
|---|---|---|
| Actor | Christopher Columbus | 1997-98 Season |
| Actor | In My Many Names and Days | 1972-73 Season |