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