1941 - Today
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 898,562 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mary Alice is the 2,935th most popular actor (up from 3,889th in 2019), the 4,606th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,074th in 2019) and the 1,394th most popular Actor.
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Among actors, Mary Alice ranks 2,935 out of 9,996. Before her are Sabu Dastagir, Zelda Rubinstein, Priyanka Chopra, Siân Phillips, Vladimir Zeldin, and Julian McMahon. After her are Tony Ramos, Elizabeth Perkins, Semka Sokolović-Bertok, Richard Kiley, Lolita Torres, and Baltasar Kormákur.
1924 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 2,929
1933 - 2010
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 2,930
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 2,931
1933 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 2,932
1915 - 2016
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 2,933
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 2,934
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 2,935
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 2,936
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 2,937
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 2,938
1922 - 1999
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 2,939
1929 - 2002
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 2,940
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 2,941
Among people born in 1941, Mary Alice ranks 283. Before her are Christopher Hogwood, Navi Pillay, Anne Tyler, Ivanka Khristova, Ed Roberts, and Tomaž Šalamun. After her are Robert Keohane, Mario Corso, Pete Rose, Stephen Krashen, Richard Martin West, and Airto Moreira.
1941 - 2014
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 277
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 278
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 279
1941 - 2022
HPI: 50.20
Rank: 280
1941 - 2010
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 281
1941 - 2014
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 282
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 283
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 284
1941 - 2020
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 285
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 286
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 287
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 288
1941 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 289
Among people born in United States, Mary Alice ranks 4,606 out of 18,182. Before her are Mildred Dresselhaus (1930), Pink Anderson (1900), Zelda Rubinstein (1933), Lee Wallard (1910), Mary Blair (1911), and Norman Finkelstein (1953). After her are Kendall Jenner (1995), Carl Bernstein (1944), Robert H. Dicke (1916), Michael Kahn (1935), Elizabeth Perkins (1960), and Richard Kiley (1922).
1930 - 2017
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,600
1900 - 1974
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,601
1933 - 2010
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,602
1910 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,603
1911 - 1978
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 4,604
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 4,605
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 4,606
1995 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 4,607
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 4,608
1916 - 1997
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 4,609
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 4,610
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 4,611
1922 - 1999
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 4,612
Among actors born in United States, Mary Alice ranks 1,394. Before her are Virginia Mayo (1920), Gale Sondergaard (1899), Andreas Katsulas (1946), Alicia Silverstone (1976), Mercedes Ruehl (1948), and Zelda Rubinstein (1933). After her are Elizabeth Perkins (1960), Richard Kiley (1922), Melinda Culea (1955), Perry King (1948), Gregory Hines (1946), and Stephen Tobolowsky (1951).
1920 - 2005
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 1,388
1899 - 1985
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 1,389
1946 - 2006
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 1,390
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 1,391
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 1,392
1933 - 2010
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 1,393
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 1,394
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 1,395
1922 - 1999
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 1,396
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 1,397
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,398
1946 - 2003
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 1,399
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 1,400