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