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Mary Alice

1941 - 2022

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Mary Alice Smith (December 3, 1936 – July 27, 2022), known professionally as Mary Alice, was an American television, film, and stage actress. Alice was known for her roles as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic on the sitcom A Different World (1987–1989) and Effie Williams in the 1976 musical drama Sparkle, and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her recurring role on the series I'll Fly Away. Alice 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Mary Alice is the 5,222nd most popular actor (down from 4,544th in 2024), the 8,139th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,665th in 2019) and the 2,387th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Mary Alice ranks 5,221 out of 13,578. Before her are Lily James, Reni Santoni, Aloma Wright, Choi Min-ho, and Jocelyn Brando. After her are Olivier Marchal, Gisela Uhlen, Christopher Cazenove, Constance Talmadge, Kate Bosworth, Nina Li Chi, and Steve Forrest.

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Among people born in 1941, Mary Alice ranks 482. Before her are Paola Pitagora, Aleksandar Shalamanov, Vicente Guillot, Liese Prokop, Walter Block, and Allal Benkassou. After her are Darlene Love, Vittore Gottardi, Heidi Biebl, Klaus Bonsack, Jürgen Nöldner, and Dack Rambo. Among people deceased in 2022, Mary Alice ranks 436. Before her are Remco Campert, Jesús del Muro, F. Sionil José, Dieter Henrich, Wilko Johnson, and John H. Coates. After her are Kevin Conroy, Jacques Poos, Anvar Chingizoglu, Kazimierz Zimny, Heidi Biebl, and Johanna Lüttge.

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Among people born in United States, Mary Alice ranks 8,140 out of 20,380. Before her are Joanna Angel (1980), Reni Santoni (1938), Raymond E. Brown (1928), Aloma Wright (1950), and Jocelyn Brando (1919). After her are David Ayer (1968), Charles King (1880), Constance Talmadge (1898), Kate Bosworth (1983), Edward Ruscha (1937), Richard Russo (1949), and Steve Forrest (1925).

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Among actors born in United States, Mary Alice ranks 2,388. Before her are Margaret Colin (1958), Mark Rydell (1929), John Stockwell (1961), Reni Santoni (1938), Aloma Wright (1950), and Jocelyn Brando (1919). After her are Constance Talmadge (1898), Kate Bosworth (1983), Steve Forrest (1925), Phyllis Allen (1861), James Ransone (1979), and Nancy Carroll (1903).

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