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Lois Smith
ActorBorn November 3, 1930 (94 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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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
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address · as Elizabeth Crawford (voice) |
| 2024 | The Uninvited · as Helen |
| 2022 | Mack & Rita · as Betty |
| 2022 | This Fool (TV Series) · as Beverly |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch · as Upshur 'maw' Clampette |
| 2021 | Gossip Girl (2021) (TV Series) · as Iris Lefferts |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV Series) · as Doris 'mama' Boone |
| 2020 | Uncle Frank · as Aunt Butch |
| 2020 | Tesla · as The Grande Dame |
| 2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida (TV Series) · as Mimi Waldenstock |
| 2019 | The Village (2019) (TV Series) · as Velma |
| 2018 | Impulse (TV Series) · as Deirdre 'dippy' Jones |
| 2017 | Lady Bird · as Sister Sarah Joan |
| 2017 | Marjorie Prime · as Marjorie |
| 2017 | 9JKL (TV Series) · as Wrong Nana |
| 2017 | The Son (TV Series) · as Jeanne Anne Mccullough |
| 2016 | The Comedian · as Miriam |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys · as Mrs. Glenn |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete (TV Series) · as Reverend Ethel Landry |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie (TV Series) · as Mrs. Hanson |
| 2015 | Run All Night · as Margaret Conlon |
| 2015 | Younger (TV Series) · as Belinda Lacroix |
| 2014 | The Affair (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gunther |
| 2013 | The Blacklist (TV Series) · as Lucy Game |
| 2013 | Mom (TV Series) · as Claire |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan (TV Series) · as Dolores |
| 2013 | The Americans (2013) (TV Series) · as Betty Turner |
| 2012 | Ruth & Erica (TV Series) · as Ruth |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green · as Aunt Mel |
| 2012 | Dark Horse · as Mrs. Ruth |
| 2011 | Roadie · as Mom |
| 2010 | Please Give · as Mrs. Portman |
| 2009 | A Dog Year · as Lois Blair |
| 2008 | Killshot · as Lenore |
| 2008 | True Blood (TV Series) · as Adele Stackhouse |
| 2008 | Diminished Capacity · as Belle |
| 2007 | Turn the River · as Abby |
| 2007 | Army Wives (TV Series) · as Elsie |
| 2006 | Griffin & Phoenix · as Dr. Imberman |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland · as Helen Bessolo |
| 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 | Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Allison Scavo |
| 2004 | LAX (TV Series) · as Rose Sinclair |
| 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels · as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw |
| 2004 | The Best Thief in the World · as Helen |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as Fannie |
| 2003 | Red Betsy · as Helen Rounds |
| 2003 | 2 Brothers & a Bride · as Ma Adams |
| 2002 | Minority Report · as Dr. Iris Hineman [the Greenhouse] |
| 2002 | The Laramie Project · as Lucy Thompson |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Betty Bennett |
| 2001 | Going to California (TV Series) · as Beatrice Graf |
| 2001 | Powder Keg · as Mother |
| 2001 | The Hire (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 2001 | The Pledge · as Helen Jackson |
| 1999 | Tumbleweeds · as Ginger |
| 1999 | New York: A Documentary Film (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Rebecca Tolliver |
| 1998 | A Will of Their Own (TV Series) · as Miss Maude |
| 1998 | The Eternal · as Mrs. Ferriter |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) · as Libby |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) |
| 1996 | Larger Than Life · as Luluna |
| 1996 | Twister · as Aunt Meg |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking · as Helen's Mother |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt · as Sophia |
| 1995 | Truman · as Madge Wallace Gates |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Mildred Mancini |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Gracie |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony · as Orna |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Moira |
| 1993 | Missing Persons (TV Series) · as Mrs. Halloran |
| 1993 | Falling Down · as D-Fens' Mother |
| 1993 | Skylark · as Lou Wheaton |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Donner Party · as Voice |
| 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 |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth · as Margaret |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth (TV Series) · as Margaret |
| 1991 | Coney Island · as (voice) |
| 1991 | Good Sports (TV Series) |
| 1990 | Green Card · as Brontë's Mother |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Eunice Varick |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as (voice) |
| 1988 | Midnight Run · as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend |
| 1987 | Thirtysomething (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction · as Martha |
| 1987 | Black Widow · as Sara |
| 1985 | Doubletake · as Sarah |
| 1985 | Doubletake (TV Series) · as Sarah |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham · as Mary Neal |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire (TV Series) |
| 1985 | The Equalizer (TV Series) · as Dorothy Hermes |
| 1985 | Twisted · as Helen Giles |
| 1984 | Reckless · as Mrs. Prescott |
| 1983 | Reuben, Reuben · as Mare Spofford |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels (TV Series) · as Clara |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels · as Clara |
| 1981 | Four Friends · as Mrs. Carnahan |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Ma |
| 1980 | Resurrection · as Kathy |
| 1980 | The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · as Cornelia |
| 1980 | Foxes · as Mrs. Axman |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Sara |
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village · as Anita Cunningham |
| 1972 | Up the Sandbox · as Elinore |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Margaret |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces · as Partita Dupea |
| 1970 | The Way We Live Now · as Jane Aldridge |
| 1970 | Somerset (TV Series) · as Zoe Cannell |
| 1968 | One Life to Live (TV Series) · as Betsy 'aunt Betsy' Cramer |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1964 | Another World (TV Series) · as Ella Fitz |
| 1963 | The Doctors (TV Series) · as Eleanor Conrad |
| 1962 | The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) · as Jane Wells |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Libby Clayton |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Esther Terranova |
| 1961 | Way Out (TV Series) · as Louise |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | The Master Builder · as Hilda |
| 1959 | The Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Hilde Wangel |
| 1959 | Ford Startime (TV Series) |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Dawn Garrison |
| 1957 | The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) · as Barbara Dennin |
| 1956 | The Edge of Night (TV Series) · as Mrs. Oakes |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater (TV Series) |
| 1955 | Strange Lady in Town · as Spurs O'brien |
| 1955 | East of Eden · as Anne |
| 1955 | Star Tonight (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Jeannie |
| 1953 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Jenny Musgrave |
| 1951 | Love of Life (TV Series) · as Mrs. Bendarik (1972) |
| 1950 | |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Lisa Molloy |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) · as Actor - Scene From Edwin Booth |