Pasadena, CA - 1993: (L-R) Mary Alice winning award, Heather Locklear, Andrew Shue on the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards, Pasadena Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, California, Sunday, September 19, 1993. (Photo by Long Photography /Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images)
<p>Actress <strong>Mary Alice</strong>, known for such roles as The Oracle in &#8220;The Matrix&#8221; and Lettie Bostic in &#8220;The Cosby Show&#8221; spin-off &#8220;A Different World,&#8221; <a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/oop-shakira-facing-8-years-in-prison-if-found-guilty-in-14m-tax-fraud-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died at the age of 85</a> in New York City on Wednesday, the NYPD confirmed.</p>
<p>The prolific award-winning actress had nearly 60 credits on her <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019569/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1"><strong>IMDb</strong></a> page, and a career spanning many decades and different mediums.</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Died Of Natural Causes At Her Manhattan Apartment, Authorities Say</h3>
<p>Authorities revealed she &#8220;died of natural causes at her Manhattan apartment,&#8221; according to the <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-mary-alice-fences-dead-20220728-ngydazvnubag3dagy6hsn5wapy-story.html"><strong>Daily News</strong></a>.</p>
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<p>Alice&#8217;s career saw her earn both Tony and Emmy awards as she took roles on screen and on stage, one for her role as Marguerite Peck in the NBC drama &#8220;I&#8217;ll Fly Away,&#8221; and the other for creating the role of Rose in the 1987 production of August Wilson&#8217;s &#8220;Fences.&#8221;</p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Award-Winning Actress&#8217; Life, Career Celebrated On Social Media</h3>
<p>Viola Davis, who revived that role in 2010 before starring in a 2016 film adaption, took to Twitter on Thursday to express her condolences to &#8220;one of the greatest actresses of all time.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;RIP Mary Alice…the original Rose Maxson. You were one of the greatest actresses of all time!! Thank you for the work, inspiration and thank you for Rose. Godspeed Queen â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸â¤ï¸&#8221; Davis <a href="https://twitter.com/violadavis/status/1552749899996971008">tweeted</a> on Thursday.</p></blockquote>
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<p>Other actors and actresses celebrated Alice&#8217;s life and work, calling her an &#8220;exquisite actress&#8221; and &#8220;a shoulder we all stood on.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;Exquisite actress. Beautiful, kind soul,&#8221; tweeted fellow actor Bradley Whitford. Coleman Domingo called Alice, &#8220;a shoulder we all stood on.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Acted Alongside Industry Greats Such As Robin Williams, Danny Glover</h3>
<p style="text-align: left;">Alice&#8217;s legacy was further cemented in 2017 after her 1990 film &#8220;To Sleep With Anger&#8221; was added to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress for its &#8220;cultural, historic and/or aesthetic importance.&#8221;</p>
<p>Younger moviegoers perhaps best remember her work as The Oracle in &#8220;The Matrix: Revolutions,&#8221; a role she played after replacing Gloria Foster following the latter&#8217;s death in 2001.</p>
<p>She had previously acted alongside such industry greats as Robin Williams, Danny Glover, Keanu Reeves and James Earl Jones.</p>
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