
Lois Smith
Personal Information
- Occupation: Actress
- Birthday: 03 Nov, 1930 ( 94 years old )
- Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas, USA
- Also known as: Lois Arlene Humbert, Lois Arlene Smith, لوئیس اسمیت
Lois Smith
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.
Credits
- 2025 - The Gettysburg Address ( movie ) as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
- 2025 - The Uninvited ( movie ) as Helen
- 2022 - Mack & Rita ( movie ) as Betty
- 2022 - This Fool ( tv ) as Beverly
- 2021 - The French Dispatch ( movie ) as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
- 2021 - Gossip Girl ( tv ) as Iris Lefferts
- 2021 - Law & Order: Organized Crime ( tv ) as Doris 'Mama' Boone
- 2020 - Uncle Frank ( movie ) as Aunt Butch
- 2020 - The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America ( movie ) as Harper Pitt
- 2020 - Tesla ( movie ) as The Grande Dame
- 2019 - On Becoming a God in Central Florida ( tv ) as Mimi Waldenstock
- 2018 - Impulse ( tv ) as Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
- 2017 - 9JKL ( tv ) as Wrong Nana
- 2017 - Lady Bird ( movie ) as Sister Sarah Joan
- 2017 - Marjorie Prime ( movie ) as Marjorie
- 2016 - The Comedian ( movie ) as Miriam
- 2016 - The Nice Guys ( movie ) as Mrs. Glenn
- 2015 - Sneaky Pete ( tv ) as Reverend Ethel Landry
- 2015 - Grace and Frankie ( tv ) as Mrs. Hanson
- 2015 - Younger ( tv ) as Belinda Lacroix
- 2015 - Run All Night ( movie ) as Margaret Conlon
- 2014 - Showing Up ( movie ) as Self
- 2013 - The Man Who Came Out Only at Night ( movie ) as The Youngest Daughter (later)
- 2013 - Mom ( tv ) as Claire
- 2013 - The Blacklist ( tv ) as Lucy Game
- 2013 - Ray Donovan ( tv ) as Dolores
- 2013 - The Americans ( tv ) as Betty Turner
- 2012 - Ruth & Erica ( tv ) as Ruth
- 2012 - The Odd Life of Timothy Green ( movie ) as Aunt Mel
- 2012 - Roadie ( movie ) as Mom
- 2010 - Please Give ( movie ) as Mrs. Portman
- 2009 - A Dog Year ( movie ) as Lois Blair
- 2008 - True Blood ( tv ) as Adele Stackhouse
- 2008 - Diminished Capacity ( movie ) as Belle
- 2008 - Turn the River ( movie ) as Abby
- 2006 - Griffin & Phoenix ( movie ) as Dr. Imberman
- 2006 - Hollywoodland ( movie ) as Helen Bessolo
- 2006 - Little Fugitive ( movie ) as Elizabeth
- 2006 - Little Fugitive ( movie ) as Social Worker
- 2005 - Sweet Land ( movie ) as Inge (as an older woman)
- 2005 - James Dean: Sense Memories ( movie ) as Self
- 2005 - Grey's Anatomy ( tv ) as Mrs. Dickerson
- 2004 - P.S. ( movie ) as Ellie Silverstein
- 2004 - Desperate Housewives ( tv ) as Allison Scavo
- 2004 - LAX ( tv ) as Rose Sinclair
- 2004 - Iron Jawed Angels ( movie ) as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
- 2004 - The Best Thief in the World ( movie ) as Helen
- 2003 - Cold Case ( tv ) as Fannie
- 2003 - Red Betsy ( movie ) as Helen Rounds
- 2002 - Minority Report ( movie ) as Dr. Iris Hineman
- 2002 - The Laramie Project ( movie ) as Lucy Thompson
- 2001 - Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( tv ) as Betty Bennett
- 2001 - Powder Keg ( movie ) as Mother
- 2001 - The Hire ( tv ) as Mother
- 2001 - The Pledge ( movie ) as Helen Jackson
- 1999 - Tumbleweeds ( movie ) as Ginger
- 1999 - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( tv ) as Rebecca Tolliver
- 1998 - A Will of their Own ( tv ) as Miss Maude
- 1998 - The Eternal ( movie ) as Mrs. Ferriter
- 1997 - Hudson River Blues ( movie )
- 1997 - Just Shoot Me! ( tv ) as Libby
- 1997 - The Practice ( tv ) as Mary Beth Berluti
- 1996 - Larger Than Life ( movie ) as Luluna
- 1996 - Twister ( movie ) as Aunt Meg
- 1995 - Dead Man Walking ( movie ) as Helen's Mother
- 1995 - How to Make an American Quilt ( movie ) as Sophia
- 1995 - Truman ( movie ) as Madge Wallace Gates
- 1994 - Touched by an Angel ( tv ) as Mildred Mancini
- 1994 - ER ( tv ) as Gracie
- 1994 - Holy Matrimony ( movie ) as Orna
- 1993 - Frasier ( tv ) as Moira
- 1993 - Falling Down ( movie ) as D-Fens' Mother
- 1993 - Skylark ( movie ) as Lou Wheaton
- 1992 - Deadly Matrimony ( movie )
- 1992 - The Donner Party ( movie ) as voice
- 1992 - Keep the Change ( movie ) as Lureen
- 1992 - Hard Promises ( movie ) as Mrs. Bell
- 1991 - Fried Green Tomatoes ( movie ) as Mama Threadgoode
- 1991 - White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd ( movie ) as Alice Todd
- 1991 - Switched at Birth ( movie ) as Margaret
- 1991 - The Grapes of Wrath ( movie ) as Ma Joad
- 1991 - Coney Island ( movie ) as (voice)
- 1991 - Good Sports ( tv )
- 1990 - Green Card ( movie ) as Brontë's Mother
- 1990 - Law & Order ( tv ) as Eunice Varick
- 1988 - Hello Actors Studio ( movie ) as Self
- 1988 - American Experience ( tv ) as (voice)
- 1988 - Midnight Run ( movie ) as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
- 1987 - thirtysomething ( tv )
- 1987 - Fatal Attraction ( movie ) as Martha
- 1987 - Black Widow ( movie ) as Sara
- 1985 - Doubletake ( movie ) as Sarah
- 1985 - The Execution of Raymond Graham ( movie ) as Mary Neal
- 1985 - Spenser: For Hire ( tv )
- 1985 - The Equalizer ( tv ) as Marie Ganucci
- 1985 - The Equalizer ( tv ) as Dorothy Hermes
- 1985 - Twisted ( movie ) as Helen Giles
- 1984 - Reckless ( movie ) as Mrs. Prescott
- 1983 - Reuben, Reuben ( movie ) as Mare Spofford
- 1983 - Rage of Angels ( tv ) as Clara
- 1981 - Four Friends ( movie ) as Mrs. Carnahan
- 1981 - The House of Mirth ( movie ) as Bertha Dorset
- 1980 - Resurrection ( movie ) as Kathy
- 1980 - The Jilting of Granny Weatherall ( movie ) as Cornelia
- 1980 - Foxes ( movie ) as Mrs. Axman
- 1979 - Tales of the Unexpected ( tv ) as Sara
- 1976 - Next Stop, Greenwich Village ( movie ) as Anita Cunningham
- 1972 - Up the Sandbox ( movie ) as Elinore
- 1972 - Particular Men ( movie )
- 1970 - Five Easy Pieces ( movie ) as Partita Dupea
- 1970 - The Way We Live Now ( movie ) as Jane Aldridge
- 1970 - Somerset ( tv ) as Zoe Cannell
- 1970 - Dragon Country ( movie ) as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
- 1967 - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night ( movie ) as Evelyn
- 1966 - CBS Playhouse ( tv )
- 1961 - Dr. Kildare ( tv ) as Libby Clayton
- 1961 - The Defenders ( tv ) as Esther Terranova
- 1960 - Route 66 ( tv )
- 1960 - Route 66 ( tv ) as Dana
- 1960 - Route 66 ( tv ) as Lucy Brown
- 1960 - The Master Builder ( movie ) as Hilda
- 1959 - Startime ( tv )
- 1958 - Naked City ( tv ) as Dawn Garrison
- 1956 - Tony Awards ( tv ) as Self - Nominee
- 1956 - Tony Awards ( tv ) as Self - Nominee/Performer
- 1955 - Matinee Theater ( tv )
- 1955 - Strange Lady in Town ( movie ) as Spurs O'Brien
- 1955 - East of Eden ( movie ) as Anne
- 1953 - The United States Steel Hour ( tv ) as Jeannie
- 1953 - Letter to Loretta ( tv ) as Jenny Musgrave
- 1950 - Robert Montgomery Presents ( tv )
- 1948 - Studio One ( tv ) as Lisa Molloy