Mary Alice

Born: 1936-12-03


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as The Oracle
Released: 2003-11-05

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights...

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Malcolm X

as School Teacher
Released: 1992-11-18

A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation....

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Awakenings

as Nurse Margaret
Released: 1990-12-04

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic...

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as Lottie
Released: 1993-11-24

A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the...

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Beat Street

as Cora
Released: 1984-06-08

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show...

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Bed of Roses

as Alice
Released: 1996-01-26

The seeds of love are planted when Lisa, a high-powered investment banker, receives flowers from...

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Life with Mikey

as Mrs. Gordon
Released: 1993-06-04

Michael Chapman, a former child TV star, runs a struggling talent agency specilizing in child...

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The Bonfire of the Vanities

as Annie Lamb
Released: 1990-12-21

After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the...

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Teachers

as Linda Ganz
Released: 1984-10-05

A teacher reconnects with an old student who is now an attorney representing a family who is...

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The Matrix Recalibrated

as Self
Released: 2004-04-06

The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary....

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Sparkle

as Effie
Released: 1976-04-07

Three sisters start out singing in their church choir in Harlem in the late 1950s and become a...

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The Vernon Johns Story

as Altona
Released: 1994-01-15

In 1948, Johns served as the outspoken spiritual leader of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in...

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The Photographer

as Violet
Released: 2000-04-15

A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost...

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To Sleep with Anger

as Suzie
Released: 1990-10-12

An enigmatic drifter from the South comes to visit an old acquaintance who now lives in...

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Down in the Delta

as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
Released: 1998-12-25

A single mother plagued by alcohol and drug addictions is sent with her children from Chicago to...

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The Inkwell

as Evelyn
Released: 1994-04-22

The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.

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The Women of Brewster Place

as Fannie Michael
Released: 1989-03-19

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

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The Killing Floor

as Lilah Dean
Released: 1984-04-10

During World War I, a poor black Southerner travels north to Chicago to get work in the city's...

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Sunshine State

as Eunice Stokes
Released: 2002-06-21

A woman and her new husband returns to her hometown roots in coastal northern Florida, and must...

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Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

as uncredited
Released: 1995-03-20

Ray investigates the murder of a judge.

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Lawman Without a Gun

as Minnie Hayward
Released: 1979-05-30

During the 1960s' civil rights movement, a black civil rights worker returns to his small...

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What I Want My Words to Do to You

as Self
Released: 2003-12-16

An inside look at a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, consisting of 15...

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The Last Brickmaker in America

as Dorothy Cobb
Released: 2001-09-23

A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding...

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The Education of Sonny Carson

as Moms
Released: 1974-07-17

A 1974 film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson who joined a gang and...

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Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom

as Blind Lily
Released: 1985-02-25

At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea...

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The Wishing Tree

as Mattie
Released: 1999-01-01

When her storyteller mother (Mary Alice) dies, attorney Clara Collier (Alfre Woodard) returns to...

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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

as Dolores Williams
Released: 1999-04-14

An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee...

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The Mother

as Black Lady
Released: 1994-11-19

Paddy Chayefsky's 1954 play set in the Bronx tells the story of a recently widowed 66-year-old...

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The Burly Man Chronicles

as uncredited
Released: 2004-12-04

This mammoth documentary takes us through the making of both The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix...

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Just an Old Sweet Song

as Helen Mayfield
Released: 1976-09-25

Upon learning that their grandmother is not long for this world, Nate and Priscilla Simmons pack...

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A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

as Beck
Released: 1982-02-17

Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to...

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The Brass Ring

as Mrs. Hauser
Released: 1983-01-01

A mother afflicted with depression comes into conflict with own mother and children when she...

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Heading Home

as Mary Jones
Released: 1995-04-08

A Vietnam War–era drama chronicling the emotional journey of two unlikely friends who form a...

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Sty of the Blind Pig

as Alberta Warren
Released: 1974-05-29

After moving to Chicago from the South just as the civil rights movement takes hold, the members...

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Law & Order

as Virginia Bryan
First aired: 1990-09-13

In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing...

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Oz

as Eugenia Hill
First aired: 1997-07-12

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum...

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Touched by an Angel

as Georgia Bishop
First aired: 1994-09-21

Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who...

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Green Acres

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-09-15

Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from...

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L.A. Law

as Maxine Manley
First aired: 1986-09-15

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from...

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Great Performances

as uncredited
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Sanford and Son

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-14

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

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A Different World

as Lettie Bostic
First aired: 1987-09-24

A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise...

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Good Times

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-02-08

Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1,...

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Providence

as Abby Franklin
First aired: 1999-01-08

Providence is an American television drama series.

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Police Woman

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-13

Sergeant “Pepper"” Anderson, an undercover cop for the Criminal Conspiracy Unit of the Los...

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The Jury

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-06-08

Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators...

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Cosby

as uncredited
First aired: 1996-09-16

Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996...

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I'll Fly Away

as uncredited
First aired: 1991-10-07

I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s,...

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I'll Fly Away

as Marguerite Peck
First aired: 1991-10-07

I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s,...

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Soul Food

as Mrs. Pettaway
First aired: 2000-06-28

Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June...

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Kojak

as Joyce
First aired: 2005-03-25

Kojak is an American television series starring Ving Rhames, airing on the USA Network cable...

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Laurel Avenue

as Maggie Arnett
First aired: 1993-07-10

A weekend in the life of the Arnett family. The events of a forty eight hour period in St. Paul,...

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