Lois Smith
Acting
Born: November 3, 1930 (age 95) · Topeka, Kansas, USA
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Minority Report
2002
Lady Bird
2017
The Nice Guys
2016
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Falling Down
1993
Twister
1996
The Blacklist
2013
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
Run All Night
2015
Desperate Housewives
2004
True Blood
2008
Photos (4)
Movies (78)
The Nice Guys
Mrs. Glenn
Minority Report
Dr. Iris Hineman
Lady Bird
Sister Sarah Joan
Twister
Aunt Meg
Falling Down
D-Fens' Mother
Run All Night
Margaret Conlon
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
Fried Green Tomatoes
Mama Threadgoode
Fatal Attraction
Martha
The Pledge
Helen Jackson
Midnight Run
Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
Hollywoodland
Helen Bessolo
East of Eden
Anne
Dead Man Walking
Helen's Mother
Green Card
Brontë's Mother
Uncle Frank
Aunt Butch
Black Widow
Sara
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aunt Mel
Five Easy Pieces
Partita Dupea
Killshot
Lenore
Tesla
The Grande Dame
How to Make an American Quilt
Sophia
Holy Matrimony
Orna
The Comedian
Miriam
Mack & Rita
Betty
Please Give
Mrs. Portman
The Eternal
Mrs. Ferriter
Griffin & Phoenix
Dr. Imberman
The Uninvited
Helen
Larger Than Life
Luluna
Iron Jawed Angels
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
Strange Lady in Town
Spurs O'Brien
The Laramie Project
Lucy Thompson
Up the Sandbox
Elinore
Resurrection
Kathy
Diminished Capacity
Belle
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Anita Cunningham
A Dog Year
Lois Blair
Reckless
Mrs. Prescott
Marjorie Prime
Marjorie
The Gettysburg Address
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Foxes
Mrs. Axman
Deadly Matrimony
1992
P.S.
Ellie Silverstein
Little Fugitive
Elizabeth
Little Fugitive
Social Worker
Tumbleweeds
Ginger
Four Friends
Mrs. Carnahan
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Harper Pitt
Particular Men
Anne Starr
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Alice Todd
Sweet Land
Inge (as an older woman)
The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
Coney Island
(voice)
Hard Promises
Mrs. Bell
The Donner Party
voice
Truman
Madge Wallace Gates
A Foreign Affair
Ma Adams
Powder Keg
Mother
Red Betsy
Helen Rounds
Reuben, Reuben
Mare Spofford
Skylark
Lou Wheaton
Doubletake
Sarah
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Mary Neal
On the End
Trudie Ferreira
Turn the River
Abby
Keep the Change
Lureen
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Evelyn
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Cornelia
The Best Thief in the World
Helen
Hudson River Blues
Julia
Dragon Country
Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
The Way We Live Now
Jane Aldridge
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
The Youngest Daughter (later)
Twisted
Helen Giles
Lightning Bug
Lydia
The Master Builder
Hilda
Roadie
Mom
TV Shows (54)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rebecca Tolliver · 1 eps
Law & Order
Eunice Varick · 1 eps
Grey's Anatomy
Mrs. Dickerson · 1 eps
The Blacklist
Lucy Game · 1 eps
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Betty Bennett · 1 eps
Frasier
Moira · 1 eps
Desperate Housewives
Allison Scavo · 2 eps
Cold Case
Fannie · 1 eps
ER
Gracie · 4 eps
American Playhouse
Ma Joad · 1 eps
The Americans
Betty Turner · 1 eps
True Blood
Adele Stackhouse · 14 eps
Elsbeth
Delores Feinn · 1 eps
The Practice
Mary Beth Berluti · 1 eps
Mom
Claire · 1 eps
Ray Donovan
Dolores · 2 eps
Robert Montgomery Presents
1 eps
Touched by an Angel
Mildred Mancini · 1 eps
Just Shoot Me!
Libby · 1 eps
American Experience
(voice) · 2 eps
Dr. Kildare
Libby Clayton · 1 eps
Grace and Frankie
Mrs. Hanson · 2 eps
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Doris 'Mama' Boone · 3 eps
Matinee Theater
2 eps
The Equalizer
Marie Ganucci · 1 eps
The Equalizer
Dorothy Hermes · 1 eps
The Affair
Mrs. Gunther · 1 eps
Studio One
Lisa Molloy · 1 eps
Younger
Belinda Lacroix · 1 eps
Army Wives
Elsie · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Sara · 1 eps
Route 66
2 eps
Route 66
Dana · 1 eps
Route 66
Lucy Brown · 1 eps
Sneaky Pete
Reverend Ethel Landry · 2 eps
Naked City
Dawn Garrison · 1 eps
The Defenders
Esther Terranova · 1 eps
thirtysomething
1 eps
Gossip Girl
Iris Lefferts · 1 eps
Impulse
Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones · 1 eps
Spenser: For Hire
1 eps
The United States Steel Hour
Jeannie · 1 eps
Startime
Cindy · 1 eps
This Fool
Beverly · 1 eps
LAX
Rose Sinclair · 1 eps
The Hire
Mother · 1 eps
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Mimi Waldenstock · 2 eps
9JKL
Wrong Nana · 1 eps
Good Sports
Mrs. Tannen · 3 eps
Letter to Loretta
Jenny Musgrave · 1 eps
Ruth & Erica
Ruth · 7 eps
Switched at Birth
Margaret · 2 eps
Rage of Angels
Clara · 2 eps
A Will of their Own
Miss Maude · 2 eps
