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