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Mary Alice is a Actor American born on 3 december 1936 at Indianola (USA)
Mary Alice (born Mary Alice Smith; December 3, 1941) is an American actress.
Elle joue dans des films tels que Malcolm X (1992), The Inkwell (1994) et Down in the Delta avec Alfre Woodard. Elle remplace Gloria Foster dans Matrix Revolutions et le jeu vidéo Enter the Matrix dans le rôle de l'Oracle, après le décès de celle-ci en 2001.
En 1987, elle reçoit le Tony Award du meilleur second rôle féminin dans une pièce pour Fences . Elle remporte aussi le Emmy Award du meilleur second rôle féminin dans une série dramatique en 1993 pour Les Ailes du destin. En 2000, elle entre au American Theater Hall of Fame .
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Birth name Mary Alice Smith
Nationality USA
Birth 3 december 1936 at Indianola (USA)
Death 27 july 2022 (at 85 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 3 december 1936 at Indianola (USA)
Death 27 july 2022 (at 85 years)
Biography
Mary Alice Smith est la fille de Ozelar Jurnakin et Sam Smith. Elle débute sur scène dans sa ville natale puis au cinéma en 1974 dans The Education of Sonny Carson. À la télévision, elle apparaît notamment dans les séries Sergent Anderson et Sanford and Son. Elle joue également le rôle d'Ellie Grant Hubbard dans le soap opera "La Force du destin" au début des années 1980, et celui de Leticia Bostic dans Campus Show, de 1988 à 1989.Elle joue dans des films tels que Malcolm X (1992), The Inkwell (1994) et Down in the Delta avec Alfre Woodard. Elle remplace Gloria Foster dans Matrix Revolutions et le jeu vidéo Enter the Matrix dans le rôle de l'Oracle, après le décès de celle-ci en 2001.
En 1987, elle reçoit le Tony Award du meilleur second rôle féminin dans une pièce pour Fences . Elle remporte aussi le Emmy Award du meilleur second rôle féminin dans une série dramatique en 1993 pour Les Ailes du destin. En 2000, elle entre au American Theater Hall of Fame .
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The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
, 2h9Directed by Lana et Lilly Wachowski
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about computing, Philosophie, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Sports films, Transport films, Aviation films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Films about disabilities, Political films, Kung fu films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Robot films, Disaster films
Actors Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett Smith, Monica Bellucci
Roles The Oracle
Rating67%
Neo and Bane lie unconscious in the medical bay of the ship Hammer. Meanwhile, Neo finds his digital self trapped in a virtual subway station—-named, "Mobil Ave.", "mobil", being an anagram for "limbo"-a transition zone between the Matrix and the Machine City. In that subway station, he meets a "family" of programs, including a girl named Sati, whose father tells Neo the subway is controlled by the Trainman, an exiled program loyal to the Merovingian. When Neo tries to board a train with the family, the Trainman refuses and overpowers him.
The Life (2002)
, 12minutesOrigin USA
Actors Mary Alice, Nicole Leach (Rochelle)
Rating62%
Emiline Crane is a widow in New York City. She's cheerful with her neighbors, but she misses her husband and prizes a locket she wears that contains his picture. A sudden noise startles her, she falls and dies. At Heaven's door, a Mr. Peters tells her there's been a mistake. She can sit in the atrium for 22 years or she can return to earth for 22 years to inhabit the body of a just-deceased young woman. Emiline thinks a moment and opts for earth, and there she is, inside the muscular body of Jasmine, another NYC resident whose apartment is full of high-tech gadgets. How Emiline sets about reconciling her past and her possibilities makes up the rest of the film.
Sunshine State (2002)
, 2h21Directed by John Sayles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Actors Angela Bassett, Edie Falco, Alan King, Cullen Douglas, Clifton James, James McDaniel
Roles Eunice Stokes
Rating67%
As the primarily white town of Delrona Beach, Florida is preparing for its annual festival, one of the parade floats is set afire. A young black boy named Terrell is found guilty of the deed, and he is sentenced to community service with a local community theater. An orphan, Terrell is in the care of an elderly relative, Eunice Stokes, who lives in the neighboring, primarily black community of Lincoln Beach.
The Photographer (2000)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Anthony Michael Hall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Reg Rogers, Tina Holmes, Marisa Berenson, Kristen Wilson
Roles Violet
Rating49%
A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night before his make-or-break gallery opening, surrounded by the trappings of success but devoid of inspiration, Max embarks on a bizarre trek through the city in search of ten mysterious photographs that could save his career. Accompanied by an unlikely crew of strangers he meets along the way, Max trips through a modern-day Oz, and rediscovers the easily forgotten value of seeing magic reflected in everyday life.
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2000)
, 1h59Directed by Chi Muoi Lo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Paul Winfield, Sanaa Lathan, Chi Muoi Lo, Mary Alice, Lauren Tom, Kieu Chinh
Roles Dolores Williams
Rating65%
The story begins with Dwayne (Chi Muoi Lo), Dolores (Mary Alice), and Harold (Paul Winfield) playing a game of cards with Dolores trying to convince Dwayne to take a cat Harold found on the way home. Dwayne thinks there is clearly something wrong with the cat and refuses to take it. One afternoon, Dwayne in his living room with his girlfriend Nina (Sanaa Lathan). Dwayne excuses himself claiming he forgot something. We see a frantic Dwayne rushing to his bedroom. He grabs a small red box (obviously an engagement ring) a rose and some champagne. When he returns to the living room however he finds his roommate, Michael (Tyler Christopher), and his new transgender girlfriend (Wing Chen) waiting there. He quickly puts the ring away as he and Nina head to Dwayne’s parents’ house for a barbecue.
The Wishing Tree (1999)
, 1h37Directed by Ivan Passer
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy
Actors Alfre Woodard, Helen Shaver, Mary Alice, Blair Underwood, Leslie Carlson
Roles Mattie
Rating62%
Originaire de Savannah, Clara dirige un important cabinet d'avocats à Atlanta. De retour dans sa ville natale pour enterrer sa mère Mattie, célèbre conteuse de la région, elle est accueillie par Wallis, son amie d'enfance, et le père de celle-ci. Après les funérailles, les Brooks, un couple de voisins, évoquent l'une des histoires de Mattie, celle de l'arbre à souhaits qui raconte comment une jeune esclave noire échappa jadis à son maître et à sa condition, grâce au voeu exaucé par un arbre auprès duquel elle avait trouvé refuge. Dès le lendemain, Jamie, le fils de Wallis, et son amie Alexa, captivés par le récit, partent à la recherche de l'arbre magique.
Down in the Delta (1998)
, 1h52Directed by Maya Angelou
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Alfre Woodard, Al Freeman Jr., Esther Elizabeth Rolle, Mary Alice, Loretta Devine, Wesley Snipes
Roles Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Rating68%
Rosa Lynn, an elderly woman, sends her daughter Loretta and her children to live with her brother-in-law in Mississippi. Loretta is an addict and does not want to go, especially since uncle Earl lives in the dry and rural part of Mississippi.
Bed of Roses (1996)
, 1h27Directed by Michael Haley, Michael Goldenberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Christian Slater, Mary Stuart Masterson, Pamela Adlon, Josh Brolin, Debra Monk, Mary Alice
Roles Alice
Rating60%
Lisa Walker (Mary Stuart Masterson) is a business executive who has gotten used to being alone but doesn't like it very much. She was abandoned by her birth parents and then spent most of her childhood being raised by Stanley (S.A. Griffin), a foster father who never really loves Lisa after her adopted mother died.
The Inkwell (1994)
, 1h50Directed by Matty Rich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about virginity
Actors Larenz Tate, Joe Morton, Suzzanne Douglas, Glynn Turman, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Morris Chestnut
Roles Evelyn
Rating62%
Set in the summer of 1976, the film follows the adventures of Drew Tate (Larenz Tate), a shy 16-year-old from upstate New York, when he and his family spend two weeks with affluent relatives on Martha's Vineyard. Drew's parents, Kenny (Joe Morton) and Brenda (Suzzanne Douglass), worry that their son is emotionally disturbed. His favorite companion is a doll, in which he names Iago (after the character in the Shakespeare classic Othello), with which he engages in animated conversations. They also fear that a fire he accidentally set in the family garage foreshadows a future as an arsonist.
A Perfect World (1993)
, 2h18Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, Psychologie, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern, T.J. Lowther, Keith Szarabajka, Leo Burmester
Roles Lottie
Rating74%
In 1963 Texas, convicts Robert "Butch" Haynes (Kevin Costner) and Jerry Pugh (Keith Szarabajka) escape from the state penitentiary in Huntsville. Fleeing, the pair stumble into a house where eight-year-old Phillip Perry (T.J. Lowther) lives with his devout Jehovah's Witness mother and two sisters. Needing a hostage to aid their escape, Butch grabs the boy, who meekly accompanies them. The trio's journey starts off on an unpleasant note as Butch shoots Jerry, following the latter's attempt to molest the child. With his partner out of the way, the convict and his young victim take to the Texas highway in a bid to flee from the pursuing police.
Life with Mikey (1993)
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about children, Films about television
Actors Michael J. Fox, Christina Vidal, Nathan Lane, Cyndi Lauper, David Krumholtz, David Huddleston
Roles Mrs. Gordon
Rating57%
Mikey Chapman (Michael J. Fox), a former child star and now a talent agent for child stars, discovers Angie Vega (Christina Vidal, in her first movie), a girl who pick-pockets for money and lives with her teenage sister and her boyfriend. Together, they try to hit it big and earn her a role on a series of television commercials.
Malcolm X (1992)
, 3h13Directed by Spike Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical
Themes Assassinat, Politique, Films about racism, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Islam
Actors Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee
Roles School Teacher
Rating76%
Malcolm X divides the life of the African-American activist Malcolm X into three sections. The first section deals with the troubled childhood of Malcolm Little, whose father, a preacher, was murdered by the Black Legion and whose mother was institutionalized for insanity. Malcolm grows up and gets a job as a Pullman porter, calling himself Detroit Red. Getting involved with a Harlem gangster named West Indian Archie with whom he has a falling out, Malcolm flees to Boston and decides to become a burglar. He and his best friend, Shorty (played by Spike Lee) are arrested by the police and Malcolm is sentenced to a ten-year prison term. The second section follows Malcolm's life in prison, where a fellow inmate, Baines, introduces him to the teachings of the Nation of Islam.
The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
, 2h5Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Actors Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek, Morgan Freeman
Roles Annie Lamb
Rating56%
Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks) is a Wall Street investor who makes millions while enjoying the good life and the sexual favors of Maria Ruskin (Melanie Griffith), a Southern belle gold digger. Sherman and Maria are driving back to Maria's apartment from JFK Airport when they take a wrong turn on the expressway and the two find themselves in the "war-zone" of the South Bronx. They are approached by two suspicious black youths after Sherman gets out of the car to move a tire placed purposely in the middle of the road. Sherman jumps back into the car and Maria guns the engine in reverse, running over one of the teenagers and putting him in a coma. The two drive away and decide not to report the accident to the police.
Awakenings (1990)
, 2h1Directed by Penny Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson, Penelope Ann Miller
Roles Nurse Margaret
Rating77%
In 1969, Dr. Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a dedicated and caring physician at a local hospital in the New York City borough of The Bronx. After working extensively with the catatonic patients who survived the 1917–1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica, Sayer discovers certain stimuli will reach beyond the patients' respective catatonic states; actions such as catching a ball, hearing familiar music, and experiencing human touch all have unique effects on particular patients and offer a glimpse into their worlds. Leonard Lowe (Robert De Niro) proves elusive in this regard, but Sayer soon discovers that Leonard is able to communicate with him by using a Ouija board.
To Sleep with Anger (1990)
, 1h42Directed by Charles Burnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Danny Glover, Richard Brooks, Mary Alice, DeVaughn Nixon, Reina King, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Roles Suzie
Rating71%
Harry (Danny Glover), an enigmatic old friend from the South, comes to visit Gideon (Paul Butler) and his wife Suzie (Mary Alice), who haven't seen him for many years, who are delighted to see him again, and who insist that he stay with them for as long as he would like. Gideon and Suzie live in South Central Los Angeles, though they retain some of their rural southern ways, including raising chickens in the backyard. Harry has a charming, down-home manner, but his presence brings to a crisis the simmering trouble that is already in the family—especially as regards the younger son, Samuel or "Baby Brother," and his relation to his parents, wife, and older brother, Junior (Carl Lumbly). His disruptive presence is dangerous (his influence threatens to break up Samuel's marriage and seems to be related to the illness that puts Gideon in bed in serious condition for a couple weeks), but ultimately purgative: Gideon's extended family is much more cohesive as a result of Harry's visit. The storm accompanying the wound Suzie suffers when she grasps the knife that Samuel and Junior are struggling over during their climactic fight clears while the two brothers quietly reconcile (during a long wait in an emergency room) and, similarly, the simmering anger that Harry seemed to bring to a boil is also dissipated. Harry's death just before the end of the film suggests, ambiguously, that he has been to a degree a self-sacrificing savior of the family.