About

Known credits:
83
Birthday:
1930-11-03
Place of birth:
Topeka, Kansas, USA
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Lois Smith

Overview

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

Acting
2025 The Gettysburg Address Actor Elizabeth Crawford (voice) 59
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2024 The Uninvited Actor Helen 59
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2022 Mack & Rita Actor Betty 58
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2021 The French Dispatch Actor Upshur 'Maw' Clampette 68
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2020 Uncle Frank Actor Aunt Butch 65
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2020 The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America Actor Harper Pitt 59
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2020 Tesla Actor The Grande Dame 58
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2017 Lady Bird Actor Sister Sarah Joan 72
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2017 Marjorie Prime Actor Marjorie 59
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2016 The Comedian Actor Miriam 58
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2016 The Nice Guys Actor Mrs. Glenn 70
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2015 Run All Night Actor Margaret Conlon 63
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2014 Showing Up Actor Self 59
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2013 The Man Who Came Out Only at Night Actor The Youngest Daughter (later) N/A
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2012 The Odd Life of Timothy Green Actor Aunt Mel 66
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2012 Roadie Actor Mom 59
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2010 Please Give Actor Mrs. Portman 59
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2009 A Dog Year Actor Lois Blair 59
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2008 Turn the River Actor Abby 58
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2006 Griffin & Phoenix Actor Dr. Imberman 61
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2006 Hollywoodland Actor Helen Bessolo 59
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2006 Little Fugitive Actor Elizabeth 59
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2006 Little Fugitive Actor Social Worker 59
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2005 Sweet Land Actor Inge (as an older woman) 59
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2005 James Dean: Sense Memories Actor Self N/A
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2004 P.S. Actor Ellie Silverstein 58
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2004 Iron Jawed Angels Actor Reverend Anna Howard Shaw 60
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2004 The Best Thief in the World Actor Helen 58
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2003 Red Betsy Actor Helen Rounds N/A
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2002 Minority Report Actor Dr. Iris Hineman [The Greenhouse] 72
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2002 The Laramie Project Actor Lucy Thompson 59
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2001 Powder Keg Actor Mother 60
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2001 The Pledge Actor Helen Jackson 62
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1999 Tumbleweeds Actor Ginger 59
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1998 A Will of their Own Actor Miss Maude 69
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1998 The Eternal Actor Mrs. Ferriter 58
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1997 Hudson River Blues Actor N/A
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1996 Larger Than Life Actor Luluna 58
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1996 Twister Actor Aunt Meg 64
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1995 Dead Man Walking Actor Helen's Mother 69
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1995 How to Make an American Quilt Actor Sophia 60
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1995 Truman Actor Madge Wallace Gates 59
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1994 Holy Matrimony Actor Orna 58
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1993 Falling Down Actor D-Fens' Mother 72
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1993 Skylark Actor Lou Wheaton 59
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1992 Deadly Matrimony Actor 58
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1992 The Donner Party Actor voice 59
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1992 Keep the Change Actor Lureen 58
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1992 Hard Promises Actor Mrs. Bell 59
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1991 Fried Green Tomatoes Actor Mama Threadgoode 72
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1991 White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd Actor Alice Todd 59
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1991 Switched at Birth Actor Margaret 59
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1991 The Grapes of Wrath Actor Ma Joad N/A
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1991 Coney Island Actor (voice) 59
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1990 Green Card Actor Brontë's Mother 59
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1988 Hello Actors Studio Actor Self 59
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1988 Midnight Run Actor Mrs. Nelson 67
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1987 Fatal Attraction Actor Martha 65
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1987 Black Widow Actor Sara 59
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1985 Doubletake Actor Sarah 59
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1985 The Execution of Raymond Graham Actor Mary Neal 59
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1985 Twisted Actor Helen Giles 58
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1984 Reckless Actor Mrs. Prescott 58
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1983 Reuben, Reuben Actor Mare Spofford 59
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1983 Rage of Angels Actor Clara 69
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1981 Four Friends Actor Mrs. Carnahan 59
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1981 The House of Mirth Actor Bertha Dorset N/A
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1980 Resurrection Actor Kathy 59
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1980 The Jilting of Granny Weatherall Actor Cornelia N/A
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1980 Foxes Actor Mrs. Axman 59
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1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village Actor Anita Cunningham 59
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1972 Up the Sandbox Actor Elinore 58
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1972 Particular Men Actor N/A
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1970 Five Easy Pieces Actor Partita Dupea 65
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1970 The Way We Live Now Actor Jane Aldridge N/A
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1970 Somerset Actor Zoe Cannell 69
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1970 Dragon Country Actor Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen") 59
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1967 Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night Actor Evelyn N/A
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1960 The Master Builder Actor Hilda N/A
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1955 Strange Lady in Town Actor Spurs O'Brien 58
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1955 East of Eden Actor Anne 69
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The Steel Harp Actor N/A
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Crew
1997 Eye of God Crew Thanks 59
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