ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Alice has received more than 1,206,135 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Mary Alice is the 4,548th most popular actor (down from 2,925th in 2019), the 6,666th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,595th in 2019) and the 2,035th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mary Alice ranks 4,548 out of 13,578. Before her are Jack Gilford, Francis Ford, Brock Peters, Donal Logue, David Dencik, and Kirk Alyn. After her are Otto Gebühr, Sara Allgood, Randhir Kapoor, Alexander Kalyagin, Courtney Thorne-Smith, and Jason Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Mary Alice ranks 407. Before her are Trish Van Devere, Rafael Albrecht, Yury Malyshev, Letícia Román, Muhammad Mustafa Mero, and Vittorio Messori. After her are Dinko Dermendzhiev, Juliet Mills, Aleksandar Shalamanov, Frans Verbeeck, Michael Berry, and Karl Dall. Among people deceased in 2022, Mary Alice ranks 353. Before her are Anatoly Alyabyev, Zhang Jie, Nicholas Evans, Lodewijk van den Berg, Orlando de la Torre, and George Cohen. After her are Luigi De Magistris, Giuseppe Wilson, Jesús del Muro, Mino De Rossi, Anatoly Mikhaylov, and Guy Lafleur.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Alice ranks 6,666 out of 20,380. Before her are Hal Connolly (1931), Brock Peters (1927), Darryl Jones (1961), Kirk Alyn (1910), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), and Abraham Polonsky (1910). After her are Anna Schwartz (1915), Michael Harner (1929), Kim Gordon (1953), Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Jason Lee (1970), and Gary L. Francione (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mary Alice ranks 2,035. Before her are Clarence Williams III (1939), Jenna Fischer (1974), Jack Gilford (1908), Francis Ford (1881), Brock Peters (1927), and Kirk Alyn (1910). After her are Courtney Thorne-Smith (1967), Jason Lee (1970), Carol Ann Susi (1952), Wendie Malick (1950), Melissa Rauch (1980), and Theresa Russell (1957).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Matrix Revolutions
The Oracle
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Nov 5th 20036.729 / 10
Awakenings
Nurse Margaret
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled with awe and enthusiasm, proves a rebirth for Sayer too, as the exuberant patient reveals life's simple but unutterably sweet pleasures to the introverted doctor.
Dec 4th 19907.773 / 10
A Perfect World
Lottie
A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.
Nov 24th 19937.5 / 10