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