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Lois Smith
Also known as: Lois Arlene Humbert, Lois Arlene Smith, Lois Humbert
Biography
Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American actress. She made her film debut in the 1955 drama film East of Eden, and later played supporting roles in a number of movies, including Five Easy Pieces (1970), Resurrection (1980), Fatal Attraction (1987), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead Man Walking, Twister (1996), Minority Report (2002), The Nice Guys (2016) and Lady Bird (2017). In 2017, Smith received critical acclaim for her leading performance in the science-fiction drama film Marjorie Prime, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards and Saturn Award, and well as won Satellite Award. Smith also has had many roles on television, both daytime and prime time. She was regular cast member in the HBO horror drama True Blood, and well as received Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series nomination for The Americans. Smith also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving two Tony Award nominations for originating the role of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1990) and for the role of Halie in a revival of Buried Child in 1996. She also starred in an acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of The Trip to Bountiful in 2005 for which she received an Obie Award for Best Actress, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, and a Drama Desk Award. Smith is an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lois Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 3, 1930
Age
95 years old
Place of Birth
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Popularity Score
2.0
Filmography
The Uninvited
Helen
2025Movie
The Gettysburg Address
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
2025Movie
Lightning Bug
Lydia
2025Movie
On the End
Trudie Ferreira
2025Movie
Elsbeth
Delores Feinn
2024TV
Mack & Rita
Betty
2022Movie
This Fool
Beverly
2022TV
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
2021Movie
Gossip Girl
Iris Lefferts
2021TV
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Doris 'Mama' Boone
2021TV
Uncle Frank
Aunt Butch
2020Movie
Tesla
The Grande Dame
2020Movie
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Harper Pitt
2020Movie
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Mimi Waldenstock
2019TV
Impulse
Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
2018TV
Marjorie Prime
Marjorie
2017Movie
Lady Bird
Sister Sarah Joan
2017Movie
9JKL
Wrong Nana
2017TV
The Nice Guys
Mrs. Glenn
2016Movie
The Comedian
Miriam
2016Movie
Run All Night
Margaret Conlon
2015Movie
Younger
Belinda Lacroix
2015TV
Grace and Frankie
Mrs. Hanson
2015TV
Sneaky Pete
Reverend Ethel Landry
2015TV
Showing Up
Self
2014Movie
The Affair
Mrs. Gunther
2014TV
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
The Youngest Daughter (later)
2013Movie
Mom
Claire
2013TV
Ray Donovan
Dolores
2013TV
The Blacklist
Lucy Game
2013TV
The Americans
Betty Turner
2013TV
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aunt Mel
2012Movie
Roadie
Mom
2012Movie
Ruth & Erica
Ruth
2012TV
Please Give
Mrs. Portman
2010Movie
A Dog Year
Lois Blair
2009Movie
Turn the River
Abby
2008Movie
Diminished Capacity
Belle
2008Movie
Killshot
Lenore
2008Movie
True Blood
Adele Stackhouse
2008TV
Army Wives
Elsie
2007TV
Hollywoodland
Helen Bessolo
2006Movie
Little Fugitive
Elizabeth
2006Movie
Griffin & Phoenix
Dr. Imberman
2006Movie
Sweet Land
Inge (as an older woman)
2005Movie
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2005Movie
Grey's Anatomy
Mrs. Dickerson
2005TV
P.S.
Ellie Silverstein
2004Movie
Iron Jawed Angels
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
2004Movie
The Best Thief in the World
Helen
2004Movie
A Foreign Affair
Ma Adams
2004Movie
LAX
Rose Sinclair
2004TV
Desperate Housewives
Allison Scavo
2004TV
Red Betsy
Helen Rounds
2003Movie
Cold Case
Fannie
2003TV
Minority Report
Dr. Iris Hineman
2002Movie
The Laramie Project
Lucy Thompson
2002Movie
Powder Keg
Mother
2001Movie
The Pledge
Helen Jackson
2001Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Betty Bennett
2001TV
The Hire
Mother
2001TV
Tumbleweeds
Ginger
1999Movie
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rebecca Tolliver
1999TV
The Eternal
Mrs. Ferriter
1998Movie
A Will of their Own
Miss Maude
1998TV
Hudson River Blues
Julia
1997Movie
Just Shoot Me!
Libby
1997TV
The Practice
Mary Beth Berluti
1997TV
Eye of God
Thanks
1997Movie
Twister
Aunt Meg
1996Movie
Larger Than Life
Luluna
1996Movie
Dead Man Walking
Helen's Mother
1995Movie
How to Make an American Quilt
Sophia
1995Movie
Truman
Madge Wallace Gates
1995Movie
Holy Matrimony
Orna
1994Movie
Touched by an Angel
Mildred Mancini
1994TV
ER
Gracie
1994TV
Skylark
Lou Wheaton
1993Movie
Falling Down
D-Fens' Mother
1993Movie
Frasier
Moira
1993TV
The Donner Party
voice
1992Movie
Hard Promises
Mrs. Bell
1992Movie
Deadly Matrimony
1992Movie
Keep the Change
Lureen
1992Movie
Fried Green Tomatoes
Mama Threadgoode
1991Movie
Coney Island
(voice)
1991Movie
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Alice Todd
1991Movie
The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
1991Movie
Good Sports
Mrs. Tannen
1991TV
Switched at Birth
Margaret
1991TV
Green Card
Brontë's Mother
1990Movie
Law & Order
Eunice Varick
1990TV
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988Movie
Midnight Run
Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
1988Movie
American Experience
(voice)
1988TV
Black Widow
Sara
1987Movie
Fatal Attraction
Martha
1987Movie
thirtysomething
1987TV
Twisted
Helen Giles
1985Movie
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Mary Neal
1985Movie
Doubletake
Sarah
1985Movie
Spenser: For Hire
1985TV
The Equalizer
Marie Ganucci
1985TV
Reckless
Mrs. Prescott
1984Movie
Reuben, Reuben
Mare Spofford
1983Movie
Rage of Angels
Clara
1983TV
American Playhouse
Ma Joad
1982TV
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
1981Movie
Four Friends
Mrs. Carnahan
1981Movie
Resurrection
Kathy
1980Movie
Foxes
Mrs. Axman
1980Movie
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Cornelia
1980Movie
Tales of the Unexpected
Sara
1979TV
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Anita Cunningham
1976Movie
Particular Men
Anne Starr
1972Movie
Up the Sandbox
Elinore
1972Movie
Five Easy Pieces
Partita Dupea
1970Movie
Dragon Country
Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
1970Movie
The Way We Live Now
Jane Aldridge
1970Movie
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Evelyn
1967Movie
CBS Playhouse
Evelyn
1966TV
Dr. Kildare
Libby Clayton
1961TV
The Defenders
Esther Terranova
1961TV
The Master Builder
Hilda
1960Movie
Route 66
1960TV
Startime
Cindy
1959TV
Naked City
Dawn Garrison
1958TV
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956TV
East of Eden
Anne
1955Movie
Strange Lady in Town
Spurs O'Brien
1955Movie
Matinee Theater
1955TV
Letter to Loretta
Jenny Musgrave
1953TV
The United States Steel Hour
Jeannie
1953TV
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950TV
Studio One
Lisa Molloy
1948TV
The Steel Harp
Hanna
—Movie