Mary Alice, the Tony- and Emmy-winning actress known best for “Fences” and “I’ll Fly Away,” died Wednesday. She was 85. Alice died of natural causes at her Manhattan a… ...

Mary Alice, the Tony- and Emmy-winning actress who starred in the original Broadway production of Fences, portrayed the mother of three singing daughters in Sparkle and appeared as The Oracle in ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Tony and Emmy winning actress Mary Alice, known for her roles in the Broadway production of August Wilson's "Fences" and the "Cosby Show" spinoff "A Different World," has died at ...

Emmy-winning actress Mary Alice has died. She was 85. Alice, who appeared in The Matrix: Revolutions, Awakenings and A Different World, died Wednesday (July 27) at home in her Manhattan apartment ...

In the 1980s, Mary Alice appeared on the first two seasons of A Different World, and dozens of films, including such Black classics as Malcolm X, The Inkwell, Down in the Delta, and Beat Street.

WASHINGTON — Award-winning actress Mary Alice, known for her roles as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic on NBC's "A Different World" and as Effie Williams in "Sparkle," has died, according to multiple ...

Mary Alice, an actress best known for award-winning performances in television, on the stage, and in films, has passed away at the age of 86.

Mary Alice, who brought emotional depth and dignity to her performances on the stage and screen, winning a Tony Award for August Wilson’s play “Fences” and reaching an even wider ...

WASHINGTON — Award-winning actress Mary Alice, known for her roles as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic on NBC's "A Different World" and as Effie Williams in "Sparkle," has died, according to multiple ...

A round of applause for Mary Alice. Thank you legend. Rest Easy," actor Colman Domingo tweeted. Before becoming an actress, Alice was a school teacher in Chicago. She acted in a community theatre ...

WASHINGTON — Award-winning actress Mary Alice, known for her roles as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic on NBC's "A Different World" and as Effie Williams in "Sparkle," has died, according to multiple ...

WASHINGTON — Award-winning actress Mary Alice, known for her roles as Leticia "Lettie" Bostic on NBC's "A Different World" and as Effie Williams in "Sparkle," has died, according to multiple ...