Born December 3, 1936· Indianola, Mississippi, USA
† Died July 27, 2022
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Emerging from a Mississippi birthplace and a Chicago upbringing, Mary Alice Smith graduated from Chicago Teacher’s College before briefly teaching elementary school and re-entering the performing world through community theater in the mid-1960s. Her early stage work included several productions at New York’s La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, and she earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress i…