Acting
Lois Smith
EN cinema · 83 credits
Born
3 November 1930 (age 96)
Birthplace
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Also known as Lois Arlene Humbert · Lois Arlene Smith · Lois Humbert
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
Filmography
The Uninvited
as Helen
The Gettysburg Address
as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Lightning Bug
as Lydia
On the End
as Trudie Ferreira
Mack & Rita
as Betty
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
Uncle Frank
as Aunt Butch
Tesla
as The Grande Dame
Marjorie Prime
as Marjorie
Lady Bird
as Sister Sarah Joan
The Nice Guys
as Mrs. Glenn
The Comedian
as Miriam
Run All Night
as Margaret Conlon
Showing Up
as Self
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
as The Youngest Daughter (later)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Aunt Mel
Roadie
as Mom
Please Give
as Mrs. Portman
A Dog Year
as Lois Blair
Turn the River
as Abby
Diminished Capacity
as Belle
Killshot
as Lenore
Hollywoodland
as Helen Bessolo
Little Fugitive
as Elizabeth, as Social Worker
Griffin & Phoenix
as Dr. Imberman
Sweet Land
as Inge (as an older woman)
P.S.
as Ellie Silverstein
Iron Jawed Angels
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
Red Betsy
as Helen Rounds
A Foreign Affair
as Ma Adams
Minority Report
as Dr. Iris Hineman
The Laramie Project
as Lucy Thompson
Powder Keg
as Mother
The Pledge
as Helen Jackson
Tumbleweeds
as Ginger
The Eternal
as Mrs. Ferriter
Hudson River Blues
as Julia
Eye of God
Thanks
Twister
as Aunt Meg
Larger Than Life
as Luluna
Dead Man Walking
as Helen's Mother
Truman
as Madge Wallace Gates
Holy Matrimony
as Orna
Skylark
as Lou Wheaton
Falling Down
as D-Fens' Mother
The Donner Party
as voice
Hard Promises
as Mrs. Bell
Keep the Change
as Lureen
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Mama Threadgoode
Coney Island
as (voice)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad
Green Card
as Brontë's Mother
Midnight Run
as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
Black Widow
as Sara
Fatal Attraction
as Martha
Twisted
as Helen Giles
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Mary Neal
Doubletake
as Sarah
Reckless
as Mrs. Prescott
Reuben, Reuben
as Mare Spofford
The House of Mirth
1981
The House of Mirth
as Bertha Dorset
Four Friends
as Mrs. Carnahan
Resurrection
as Kathy
Foxes
as Mrs. Axman
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
as Cornelia
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Anita Cunningham
Particular Men
as Anne Starr
Up the Sandbox
as Elinore
Five Easy Pieces
as Partita Dupea
Dragon Country
as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
The Way We Live Now
as Jane Aldridge
The Master Builder
as Hilda
East of Eden
as Anne
Strange Lady in Town
as Spurs O'Brien