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