Mary Alice, the actress, died recently at the age of 85. She became famous with the role of the Prophetess in the movie Matrix Revolutions. Alice died July 27 at her home, according to an NYPD official. The cause of Mary’s death is unclear, and no details of her funeral have been released.
Mary Alice from Matrix Revolutions
In the third chapter of the Matrix trilogy, Mary Alice played the Prophetess. Gloria Foster, who died in 2001, starred in the first two films. However, after her death, the job was given to Alice. The prophetess claimed that she could see beyond her own decisions, adding that no one, not even herself, could see beyond choices they did not understand. It is later said that her power cannot be used to predict Neo’s fate because he has free will when defying the Architect. The Wachowskis directed The Matrix Revolutions, which was released on November 5, 2003. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the film was a box office triumph compared to the previous two films.
The career of Mary Alice
She rose to fame as Leticia “Lettie” Bostic in the NBC comedy A Different World and then as Effie Williams in the musical drama Sparkle. Mary, who was born on December 3, 1936, began performing at an early age and began working on stage. When she was two, her family moved to Chicago, and she attended Chicago Teacher’s College. She then became a primary school teacher. Alice returned to acting in the 1960s, appearing in three plays by Douglass Turner Ward. Between 1969 and 1973, she cleaned the clothes of cast members and appeared in various performances at the experimental theater club La MaMa in Manhattan’s East Village.
The actress continued to perform on stage until her film debut in 1974 with the blaxploitation drama The Education of Sonny Carson. She has appeared in many television programs, including Police Woman, Sanford and Son, All My Children and A Different World. In 1993, Alice won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in I’ll Fly Away. She starred in films such as Malcolm X, The Inkwell and Down in the Delta. In 2000, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. She also played The Oracle in the video game Enter the Matrix, in addition to The Oracle in The Matrix Revolutions. In 2005, the actress announced that she was retiring from acting.
Twitter users pay tribute
Mary Alice was known in the entertainment industry for her impeccable performances. Following the news of her death, Twitter was flooded with tributes to the actress. Several Twitter users recalled Alice in her more prominent roles, with some calling her “the queen.”
RIP to the greatness that is Mary Alice! One of the greatest actresses of all time… She had it all. Gratitude!
— Kenny Leon (@iamKENNYLEON) July 29, 2022
#REST IN PEACE the magnificent Mary Alice. She based Rose in ‘Fences’ on the women she grew up with in Chicago in the 50s. They were “uneducated, they lived before the liberation of women, and their identity was tied to their husbands. They endured a lot of humiliation.” https://t.co/pbBulsoV2o
— Mike Barnes (@MikeBarnes4) July 28, 2022
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