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 The ...

(WGHP) — Mary Alice, known for her roles in “The Matrix Revolutions,” “Fences” and “Sparkle,” died at 85 on Wednesday in her home in New York City, a New York Police Department spokesperson told the ...