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Mary Alice

Born Mary Alice Smith in Indianola, Mississippi, Alice is the daughter of Ozelar (née Jurnakin) and Sam Smith.[6] Alice showed an early and natural ability for acting, and began her stage career in her hometown.[7] Her family moved from Mississippi to Chicago when she was two years old. Mary Alice graduated from Chicago Teacher's College, now known as Chicago State University, and taught at an elementary school.[8] She returned to acting in the mid-1960s, through community theater, and appeared

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Episode Cosby
The Awful Truth
1999
Episode Cosby
Lucas Absentia
1999
Episode Law & Order
Mother Love
1993
Episode Good Times
The Baby
1975
Episode Cosby
Afterschool Delight
1999
Episode Cosby
The Vesey Method
1999
Episode Sanford and Son
My Brother-in-Law's Keeper
1975
Episode Serpico
The Traitor in Our Midst
1976
Episode Providence
The Gift
2000
Episode Soul Food
Sex and Money
2001
Episode Touched by an Angel
God Bless the Child
2000
Episode L.A. Law
Watts a Matter?
1990
Episode Line of Fire
The Senator
2004
Episode Sanford and Son
Brother, Can You Spare an Act?
1975