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Lois Smith
Actor
Born November 3, 1930 (91 years)
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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Filmography
| 2022 | Mack & Rita · as Betty |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch · as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette |
| 2020 | Tesla · as The Grande Dame |
| 2020 | Uncle Frank · as Aunt Butch |
| 2019 | The Village (2019) (TV Series) · as Velma |
| 2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida (TV Series) · as Mimi Waldenstock |
| 2018 | Impulse (TV Series) · as Deidre 'Dippy' Jones |
| 2017 | Lady Bird · as Sister Sarah Joan |
| 2017 | Marjorie Prime · as Marjorie |
| 2017 | The Son (TV Series) · as Jeanne Anne McCullough |
| 2017 | 9JKL (TV Series) · as Wrong Nana |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys · as Mrs. Glenn |
| 2016 | The Comedian · as Miriam |
| 2015 | Run All Night · as Margaret Conlon |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete (TV Series) · as Reverend Ethel Landry |
| 2015 | Younger (TV Series) · as Belinda Lacroix |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hanson |
| 2014 | The Affair (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gunther |
| 2013 | The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Lucy Game |
| 2013 | The Americans (2013) (TV Series) · as Betty Turner |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Dolores |
| 2013 | Mom (TV Series) · as Claire |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green · as Aunt Mel |
| 2011 | Roadie · as Mom |
| 2010 | Please Give · as Mrs. Portman |
| 2009 | A Dog Year · as Lois Blair |
| 2008 | Killshot · as Lenore |
| 2008 | Diminished Capacity · as Belle Tyke |
| 2008 | True Blood (TV Series) · as Adele Stackhouse |
| 2007 | Army Wives (TV Series) · as Elsie |
| 2007 | Turn the River · as Abby |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland · as Helen Bessolo |
| 2006 | Griffin & Phoenix · as Dr. Imberman |
| 2006 | Little Fugitive · as Elizabeth |
| 2005 | Sweet Land · as Inge (as an older woman) |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dickerson |
| 2004 | P.S. · as Ellie Silverstein |
| 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels · as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw |
| 2004 | The Best Thief in the World · as Helen |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Allison Scavo |
| 2003 | A Foreign Affair · as Ma Adams |
| 2003 | Red Betsy · as Helen Rounds |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Fannie |
| 2002 | Minority Report · as Dr. Iris Hineman |
| 2002 | The Laramie Project · as Lucy Thompson |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2001 | The Pledge · as Helen Jackson |
| 1999 | Tumbleweeds · as Ginger |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Rebecca Tolliver |
| 1998 | The Eternal · as Mrs. Ferriter |
| 1997 | Hudson River Blues · as Unknown |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Twister · as Meg Greene |
| 1996 | Larger Than Life · as Luluna |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking · as Helen's Mother |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt · as Sophia |
| 1995 | Truman · as Madge Wallace Gates |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony · as Orna |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Gracie |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Mildred Mancini |
| 1993 | Skylark · as Lou Wheaton |
| 1993 | Falling Down · as D-Fens' Mother |
| 1993 | Missing Persons (TV Series) · as Mrs. Halloran |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Moira |
| 1992 | Keep the Change · as Lureen |
| 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes · as Mama Threadgoode |
| 1991 | Hard Promises · as Mrs. Bell |
| 1991 | White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd · as Alice Todd |
| 1990 | Green Card · as Brontë's Mother |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Mrs. Varick |
| 1988 | Midnight Run · as Mrs. Nelson |
| 1987 | Black Widow · as Sara |
| 1987 | American Experience (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1987 | thirtysomething (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction · as Martha |
| 1986 | Twisted · as Helen Giles |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham · as Mary Neal |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Marie Ganucci |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1984 | Reckless · as Mrs. Prescott |
| 1983 | Reuben, Reuben · as Mare Spofford |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels · as Clara |
| 1981 | Four Friends · as Mrs. Carnahan |
| 1980 | Foxes · as Mrs. Axman |
| 1980 | Resurrection · as Kathy |
| 1980 | The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · as Cornelia |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Sara |
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village · as Anita Cunningham |
| 1972 | Up the Sandbox · as Elinore |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces · as Partita Dupea |
| 1970 | The Way We Live Now · as Jane Aldridge |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Betsy 'Aunt Betsy' Cramer |
| 1964 | Another World (TV Series) · as Ella Fitz |
| 1960 | The Master Builder · as Hilda |
| 1960 | Route 66 (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Dawn Garrison |
| 1955 | East of Eden · as Anne |
| 1955 | Strange Lady in Town · as Spurs O'Brien |
| 1955 | Star Tonight (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Jenny Musgrave |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Lisa Molloy |