Lois Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 3, 1930 (age 96)
- Birthplace
- Topeka, Kansas, USA
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.
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Filmography
The Steel Harp
Movie · as Hanna
The Uninvited
Movie · as Helen
The Gettysburg Address
Movie · as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Lightning Bug
Movie · as Lydia
On the End
Movie · as Trudie Ferreira
Elsbeth
TV · as Delores Feinn · 1 ep
Mack & Rita
Movie · as Betty
This Fool
TV · as Beverly · 1 ep
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Movie · as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
Gossip Girl
TV · as Iris Lefferts · 1 ep
Law & Order: Organized Crime
TV · as Doris 'Mama' Boone · 3 eps
Uncle Frank
Movie · as Aunt Butch
Tesla
Movie · as The Grande Dame
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Movie · as Harper Pitt
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
TV · as Mimi Waldenstock · 2 eps
Impulse
TV · as Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones · 1 ep
Marjorie Prime
Movie · as Marjorie
Lady Bird
Movie · as Sister Sarah Joan
9JKL
TV · as Wrong Nana · 1 ep
The Nice Guys
Movie · as Mrs. Glenn
The Comedian
Movie · as Miriam
Run All Night
Movie · as Margaret Conlon
Younger
TV · as Belinda Lacroix · 1 ep
Grace and Frankie
TV · as Mrs. Hanson · 2 eps
Sneaky Pete
TV · as Reverend Ethel Landry · 2 eps
Showing Up
Movie · as Self
The Affair
TV · as Mrs. Gunther · 1 ep
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Movie · as The Youngest Daughter (later)
Mom
TV · as Claire · 1 ep
Ray Donovan
TV · as Dolores · 2 eps
The Blacklist
TV · as Lucy Game · 1 ep
The Americans
TV · as Betty Turner · 1 ep
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Movie · as Aunt Mel
Roadie
Movie · as Mom
Ruth & Erica
TV · as Ruth · 7 eps
Please Give
Movie · as Mrs. Portman
A Dog Year
Movie · as Lois Blair
Turn the River
Movie · as Abby
Diminished Capacity
Movie · as Belle
Killshot
Movie · as Lenore
True Blood
TV · as Adele Stackhouse · 14 eps
Army Wives
TV · as Elsie · 1 ep
Hollywoodland
Movie · as Helen Bessolo
Little Fugitive
Movie · as Elizabeth, Social Worker
Griffin & Phoenix
Movie · as Dr. Imberman
Sweet Land
Movie · as Inge (as an older woman)
James Dean: Sense Memories
Movie · as Self
Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Mrs. Dickerson · 1 ep
P.S.
Movie · as Ellie Silverstein
Iron Jawed Angels
Movie · as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
The Best Thief in the World
Movie · as Helen
LAX
TV · as Rose Sinclair · 1 ep
Desperate Housewives
TV · as Allison Scavo · 2 eps
Red Betsy
Movie · as Helen Rounds
A Foreign Affair
Movie · as Ma Adams
Cold Case
TV · as Fannie · 1 ep
Minority Report
Movie · as Dr. Iris Hineman
The Laramie Project
Movie · as Lucy Thompson
Powder Keg
Movie · as Mother
The Pledge
Movie · as Helen Jackson
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Betty Bennett · 1 ep
The Hire
TV · as Mother · 1 ep
Tumbleweeds
Movie · as Ginger
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Rebecca Tolliver · 1 ep
The Eternal
Movie · as Mrs. Ferriter
A Will of their Own
TV · as Miss Maude · 2 eps
Hudson River Blues
Movie · as Julia
Just Shoot Me!
TV · as Libby · 1 ep
The Practice
TV · as Mary Beth Berluti · 1 ep
Twister
Movie · as Aunt Meg
Larger Than Life
Movie · as Luluna
Dead Man Walking
Movie · as Helen's Mother
How to Make an American Quilt
Movie · as Sophia
Truman
Movie · as Madge Wallace Gates
Holy Matrimony
Movie · as Orna
Touched by an Angel
TV · as Mildred Mancini · 1 ep
ER
TV · as Gracie · 4 eps
Skylark
Movie · as Lou Wheaton
Falling Down
Movie · as D-Fens' Mother
Frasier
TV · as Moira · 1 ep
The Donner Party
Movie · as voice
Hard Promises
Movie · as Mrs. Bell
Deadly Matrimony
Movie
Keep the Change
Movie · as Lureen
Fried Green Tomatoes
Movie · as Mama Threadgoode
Coney Island
Movie · as (voice)
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Movie · as Alice Todd
The Grapes of Wrath
Movie · as Ma Joad
Good Sports
TV · as Mrs. Tannen · 3 eps
Switched at Birth
TV · as Margaret · 2 eps
Green Card
Movie · as Brontë's Mother
Law & Order
TV · as Eunice Varick · 1 ep
Hello Actors Studio
Movie · as Self
Midnight Run
Movie · as Mrs. Nelson
American Experience
TV · as (voice) · 2 eps
Black Widow
Movie · as Sara
Fatal Attraction
Movie · as Martha
thirtysomething
TV · 1 ep
Twisted
Movie · as Helen Giles
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Movie · as Mary Neal
Doubletake
Movie · as Sarah
Spenser: For Hire
TV · 1 ep
The Equalizer
TV · as Marie Ganucci, Dorothy Hermes · 1 ep
Reckless
Movie · as Mrs. Prescott
Reuben, Reuben
Movie · as Mare Spofford
Rage of Angels
TV · as Clara · 2 eps
American Playhouse
TV · as Ma Joad · 1 ep
The House of Mirth
Movie · as Bertha Dorset
Four Friends
Movie · as Mrs. Carnahan
Resurrection
Movie · as Kathy
Foxes
Movie · as Mrs. Axman
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Movie · as Cornelia
Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Sara · 1 ep
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Movie · as Anita Cunningham
Particular Men
Movie · as Anne Starr
Up the Sandbox
Movie · as Elinore
Five Easy Pieces
Movie · as Partita Dupea
Dragon Country
Movie · as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
The Way We Live Now
Movie · as Jane Aldridge
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Movie · as Evelyn
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Evelyn · 1 ep
Dr. Kildare
TV · as Libby Clayton · 1 ep
The Defenders
TV · as Esther Terranova · 1 ep
The Master Builder
Movie · as Hilda
Route 66
TV · as Dana, Lucy Brown · 2 eps
Startime
TV · as Cindy · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Dawn Garrison · 1 ep
Tony Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee / Performer · 1 ep
East of Eden
Movie · as Anne
Strange Lady in Town
Movie · as Spurs O'Brien
Matinee Theater
TV · 2 eps
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Jenny Musgrave · 1 ep
The United States Steel Hour
TV · as Jeannie · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Lisa Molloy · 1 ep