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Lois Smith

Lois Smith

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 03, 1930 (94)
Birthplace Topeka, Kansas, USA
Popularity 4 (history)
Updated Jun 18, 2025 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Uninvited

The Uninvited

2025

as Helen

The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)

Mack & Rita

Mack & Rita

2022

as Betty

The French Dispatch

The French Dispatch

2021

as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette

Uncle Frank

Uncle Frank

2020

as Aunt Butch

Tesla

Tesla

2020

as The Grande Dame

Lady Bird

Lady Bird

2017

as Sister Sarah Joan

Marjorie Prime

Marjorie Prime

2017

as Marjorie

The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys

2016

as Mrs. Glenn

The Comedian

The Comedian

2016

as Miriam

Run All Night

Run All Night

2015

as Margaret Conlon

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

2013

as The Youngest Daughter (later)

Roadie

Roadie

2012

as Mom

Please Give

Please Give

2010

as Mrs. Portman

A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009

as Lois Blair

Turn the River

Turn the River

2008

as Abby

Little Fugitive

Little Fugitive

2006

as Elizabeth

Griffin & Phoenix

Griffin & Phoenix

2006

as Dr. Imberman

Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland

2006

as Helen Bessolo

Little Fugitive

Little Fugitive

2006

as Social Worker

Sweet Land

Sweet Land

2005

as Inge (as an older woman)

P.S.

P.S.

2004

as Ellie Silverstein

Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004

as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw

Red Betsy

Red Betsy

2003

as Helen Rounds

Minority Report

Minority Report

2002

as Dr. Iris Hineman

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

2002

as Lucy Thompson

Powder Keg

Powder Keg

2001

as Mother

The Pledge

The Pledge

2001

as Helen Jackson

Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds

1999

as Ginger

The Eternal

The Eternal

1998

as Mrs. Ferriter

Twister

Twister

1996

as Aunt Meg

Larger Than Life

Larger Than Life

1996

as Luluna

Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

1995

as Helen's Mother

Truman

Truman

1995

as Madge Wallace Gates

Holy Matrimony

Holy Matrimony

1994

as Orna

Falling Down

Falling Down

1993

as D-Fens' Mother

Skylark

Skylark

1993

as Lou Wheaton

Keep the Change

Keep the Change

1992

as Lureen

The Donner Party

The Donner Party

1992

as voice

Hard Promises

Hard Promises

1992

as Mrs. Bell

Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth

1991

as Margaret

Coney Island

Coney Island

1991

as (voice)

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991

as Mama Threadgoode

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1991

as Ma Joad

Green Card

Green Card

1990

as Brontë's Mother

Midnight Run

Midnight Run

1988

as Mrs. Nelson

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction

1987

as Martha

Black Widow

Black Widow

1987

as Sara

Twisted

Twisted

1985

as Helen Giles

Doubletake

Doubletake

1985

as Sarah

Reckless

Reckless

1984

as Mrs. Prescott

Reuben, Reuben

Reuben, Reuben

1983

as Mare Spofford

The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

1981

as Bertha Dorset

Four Friends

Four Friends

1981

as Mrs. Carnahan

Foxes

Foxes

1980

as Mrs. Axman

Resurrection

Resurrection

1980

as Kathy

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976

as Anita Cunningham

Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

1972

as Elinore

Dragon Country

Dragon Country

1970

as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")

The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

1970

as Jane Aldridge

Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces

1970

as Partita Dupea

The Master Builder

The Master Builder

1960

as Hilda

Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town

1955

as Spurs O'Brien

East of Eden

East of Eden

1955

as Anne

Eye of God

Eye of God

1997

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Television Credits

Somerset

as Zoe Cannell

Episodes: 283

First Aired: Mar 30, 1970

True Blood

as Adele Stackhouse

Episodes: 14

First Aired: Sep 07, 2008

Ruth & Erica

as Ruth

Episodes: 7

First Aired: Sep 24, 2012

ER

as Gracie

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 19, 1994

Law & Order: Organized Crime

as Doris 'Mama' Boone

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Apr 01, 2021

Rage of Angels

as Clara

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 20, 1983

A Will of their Own

as Miss Maude

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 18, 1998

American Experience

as (voice)

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 04, 1988

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

as Mimi Waldenstock

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 25, 2019

Ray Donovan

as Dolores

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 30, 2013

Grace and Frankie

as Mrs. Hanson

Episodes: 2

First Aired: May 08, 2015

Desperate Housewives

as Allison Scavo

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 03, 2004

Sneaky Pete

as Reverend Ethel Landry

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Aug 07, 2015

Touched by an Angel

as Mildred Mancini

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1994

Cold Case

as Fannie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 28, 2003

Tales of the Unexpected

as Sara

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 24, 1979

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Rebecca Tolliver

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1999

Naked City

as Dawn Garrison

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1958

Frasier

as Moira

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1993

LAX

as Rose Sinclair

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 2004

Studio One

as Lisa Molloy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

The Equalizer

as Marie Ganucci

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1985

Just Shoot Me!

as Libby

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Betty Bennett

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 2001

Law & Order

as Eunice Varick

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 13, 1990

Dr. Kildare

as Libby Clayton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 27, 1961

The Defenders

as Esther Terranova

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 16, 1961

Letter to Loretta

as Jenny Musgrave

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1953

Younger

as Belinda Lacroix

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 31, 2015

Mom

as Claire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2013

Grey's Anatomy

as Mrs. Dickerson

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 27, 2005

The Hire

as Mother

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 26, 2001

9JKL

as Wrong Nana

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 2017

Impulse

as Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 06, 2018

Route 66

as Dana

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

The United States Steel Hour

as Jeannie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 27, 1953

Gossip Girl

as Iris Lefferts

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 08, 2021

The Blacklist

as Lucy Game

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 23, 2013

Route 66

as Lucy Brown

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

The Equalizer

as Dorothy Hermes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 18, 1985

The Americans

as Betty Turner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 2013

This Fool

as Beverly

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 12, 2022

Route 66

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 07, 1960

Matinee Theater

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Oct 31, 1955

Spenser: For Hire

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 20, 1985

thirtysomething

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 29, 1987

The Practice

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 1997

CBS Playhouse

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Dec 08, 1966

Robert Montgomery Presents

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 30, 1950

Startime

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 06, 1959

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

Good Sports

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1991

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee/Performer

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 01, 1956

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