Lois Smith
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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
Credits
The Nice Guys (2016)
as Mrs. Glenn
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun (2021)
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
Twister (1996)
as Aunt Meg
Minority Report (2002)
as Dr. Iris Hineman
Run All Night (2015)
as Margaret Conlon
Lady Bird (2017)
as Sister Sarah Joan
Falling Down (1993)
as D-Fens' Mother
Fatal Attraction (1987)
as Martha
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
as Mama Threadgoode
Midnight Run (1988)
as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
The Pledge (2001)
as Helen Jackson
Dead Man Walking (1995)
as Helen's Mother
Uncle Frank (2020)
as Aunt Butch
Hollywoodland (2006)
as Helen Bessolo
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
as Aunt Mel
Tesla (2020)
as The Grande Dame
Killshot (2008)
as Lenore
Black Widow (1987)
as Sara
Green Card (1990)
as Brontë's Mother
East of Eden (1955)
as Anne
Five Easy Pieces (1970)
as Partita Dupea
Griffin & Phoenix (2006)
as Dr. Imberman
How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
as Sophia
Mack & Rita (2022)
as Betty
The Comedian (2016)
as Miriam
Larger Than Life (1996)
as Luluna
Holy Matrimony (1994)
as Orna
Please Give (2010)
as Mrs. Portman
A Dog Year (2009)
as Lois Blair
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
Showing Up (2014)
as Self
The Uninvited (2025)
as Helen
The Laramie Project (2002)
as Lucy Thompson
Resurrection (1980)
as Kathy
The Eternal (1998)
as Mrs. Ferriter
The Gettysburg Address (2025)
as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Diminished Capacity (2008)
as Belle
P.S. (2004)
as Ellie Silverstein
Deadly Matrimony (1992)
Actor
Foxes (1980)
as Mrs. Axman
Sweet Land (2005)
as Inge (as an older woman)
Up the Sandbox (1972)
as Elinore
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self
Reckless (1984)
as Mrs. Prescott
Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
as Anita Cunningham
Tumbleweeds (1999)
as Ginger
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
as Harper Pitt
Marjorie Prime (2017)
as Marjorie
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)
as Alice Todd
Four Friends (1981)
as Mrs. Carnahan
Doubletake (1985)
as Sarah
The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985)
as Mary Neal
The Donner Party (1992)
as voice
Strange Lady in Town (1955)
as Spurs O'Brien
The Grapes of Wrath (1991)
as Ma Joad
Red Betsy (2003)
as Helen Rounds
On the End (2025)
as Trudie Ferreira
Coney Island (1991)
as (voice)
Hard Promises (1992)
as Mrs. Bell
James Dean: Sense Memories (2005)
as Self
Skylark (1993)
as Lou Wheaton
Particular Men (1972)
as Anne Starr
Truman (1995)
as Madge Wallace Gates
Little Fugitive (2006)
as Elizabeth
Turn the River (2008)
as Abby
Reuben, Reuben (1983)
as Mare Spofford
Powder Keg (2001)
as Mother
A Foreign Affair (2004)
as Ma Adams
Keep the Change (1992)
as Lureen
The Best Thief in the World (2004)
as Helen
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night (2013)
as The Youngest Daughter (later)
Hudson River Blues (1997)
as Julia
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)
as Cornelia
The House of Mirth (1981)
as Bertha Dorset
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (1967)
as Evelyn
Roadie (2012)
as Mom
Lightning Bug (2025)
as Lydia
The Way We Live Now (1970)
as Jane Aldridge
Twisted (1985)
as Helen Giles
The Steel Harp (—)
as Hanna
The Master Builder (1960)
as Hilda
Dragon Country (1970)
as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")