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Mary Alice

  • Birthplace: Indianola, Mississippi
  • Birthday: December 3, 1941

A stage and TV actress with some feature credits, Mary Alice is known for playing women of quiet dignity and strength and for her eyes which speak a thousand words. TV viewers have known her as Fred Sanford's nemesis sister-in-law on episodes of "Sanford and Son" (NBC, 1975), and as the housemother with a past on "A Different World" (NBC, 1988-89). But anyone who has seen her playing wife of James Earl Jones and mother to Courtney Vance in her Tony-winning role in "Fences" (1987; also on tour) or as the sassy s…more

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Career Milestones

  • 1999

    Co-starred as the adoptive mother of a pair of Vietnamese orphans in "Catfish and Black Bean Sauce"

  • 1995

    Starred on Broadway in "Having Our Say: The Delaney Sisters' First 100 Years"

  • 1993

    Starred in HBO limited series "Laurel Avenue"

  • 1992

    Played memorable role on "I'll Fly Away" (NBC)

  • 1990

    Starred in film "To Sleep With Anger"

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Awards

  • 1992

    Emmy: Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

  • 1987

    Drama Desk Award: Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

  • 1987

    Tony: Featured Actress in a Play

  • 1978

    OBIE Award: Performance

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