Known for her participation as the mother of three singing daughters in the film sparkles and remembered for her iconic performance as the Oracle in The Matrix Revolutionstoday the unfortunate death of actress Mary Alice, at 80 years of age, was announced.
As reported by the site The Hollywood Reporterthe leading lady in the original Broadway production of fences and winner of a Tony and an Emmy died in his apartment in Manhattan, in the city of New York, on July 27. According to the New York police report, the actress died of natural causes.
Although the artist had almost two decades removed from both the big screen and theaters, the fans and the media will always remember the roles she played throughout her artistic career, including when she played nurse Margaret in the film awakeningswhere he shared credits with Robin Williams and Robert De Niro, a production that was directed by Penny Marshall.
Although from a very young age she began her professional life working as an elementary school teacher in a school in Mississippi, in the United States, when she joined a community theater group, she realized that acting was her thing, so she began to make her way in that area until she achieved a great career as an actress.
Some of his participations in more important productions were in To Sleep With Angerby Charles Burnett; The Bonfire of the Vanitieswhere she played the mother of Tom Hanks; Malcolm Xby Spike Lee in 1992; give me a sighwith Michael J. Fox; A perfect worldby Clint Eastwood and her directorial debut in life in the south
Emmy Winner for Best Supporting Actress for I’ll Fly Awayhis last job was in 2005 in an episode of the series kojakbut, without a doubt, she will be remembered as one of the best actresses of the 1960s. Rest in peace, Mary Alice!
Source: Okchicas
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