Lois Smith
Acting
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.
TV Shows(52)
Elsbeth
Delores Feinn
2024
This Fool
Beverly
2022
Gossip Girl
Iris Lefferts
2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Doris 'Mama' Boone
2021
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Mimi Waldenstock
2019
Impulse
Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
2018
9JKL
Wrong Nana
2017
Sneaky Pete
Reverend Ethel Landry
2015
Grace and Frankie
Mrs. Hanson
2015
Younger
Belinda Lacroix
2015
The Affair
Mrs. Gunther
2014
Mom
Claire
2013
The Blacklist
Lucy Game
2013
Ray Donovan
Dolores
2013
The Americans
Betty Turner
2013
Ruth & Erica
Ruth
2012
True Blood
Adele Stackhouse
2008
Army Wives
Elsie
2007
Grey's Anatomy
Mrs. Dickerson
2005
Desperate Housewives
Allison Scavo
2004
LAX
Rose Sinclair
2004
Cold Case
Fannie
2003
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Betty Bennett
2001
The Hire
Mother
2001
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rebecca Tolliver
1999
A Will of their Own
Miss Maude
1998
Just Shoot Me!
Libby
1997
The Practice
Mary Beth Berluti
1997
Touched by an Angel
Mildred Mancini
1994
ER
Gracie
1994
Frasier
Moira
1993
Switched at Birth
Margaret
1991
Good Sports
1991
Law & Order
Eunice Varick
1990
American Experience
(voice)
1988
thirtysomething
1987
Spenser: For Hire
1985
The Equalizer
Marie Ganucci
1985
Rage of Angels
Clara
1983
Tales of the Unexpected
Sara
1979
CBS Playhouse
Evelyn
1966
Dr. Kildare
Libby Clayton
1961
The Defenders
Esther Terranova
1961
Route 66
1960
Startime
Cindy
1959
Naked City
Dawn Garrison
1958
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
The United States Steel Hour
Jeannie
1953
Letter to Loretta
Jenny Musgrave
1953
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Studio One
Lisa Molloy
1948
Movies(80)
The Gettysburg Address
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
2025
Lightning Bug
Lydia
2025
On the End
Trudie Ferreira
2025
The Uninvited
Helen
2025
Mack & Rita
Betty
2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
2021
Uncle Frank
Aunt Butch
2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Harper Pitt
2020
Tesla
The Grande Dame
2020
Lady Bird
Sister Sarah Joan
2017
Marjorie Prime
Marjorie
2017
The Comedian
Miriam
2016
The Nice Guys
Mrs. Glenn
2016
Run All Night
Margaret Conlon
2015
Showing Up
Self
2014
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
The Youngest Daughter (later)
2013
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aunt Mel
2012
Roadie
Mom
2012
Please Give
Mrs. Portman
2010
A Dog Year
Lois Blair
2009
Diminished Capacity
Belle
2008
Turn the River
Abby
2008
Griffin & Phoenix
Dr. Imberman
2006
Hollywoodland
Helen Bessolo
2006
Little Fugitive
Elizabeth
2006
Sweet Land
Inge (as an older woman)
2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2005
P.S.
Ellie Silverstein
2004
Iron Jawed Angels
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
2004
The Best Thief in the World
Helen
2004
Red Betsy
Helen Rounds
2003
Minority Report
Dr. Iris Hineman
2002
The Laramie Project
Lucy Thompson
2002
Powder Keg
Mother
2001
The Pledge
Helen Jackson
2001
Tumbleweeds
Ginger
1999
The Eternal
Mrs. Ferriter
1998
Hudson River Blues
1997
Larger Than Life
Luluna
1996
Twister
Aunt Meg
1996
Dead Man Walking
Helen's Mother
1995
How to Make an American Quilt
Sophia
1995
Truman
Madge Wallace Gates
1995
Holy Matrimony
Orna
1994
Falling Down
D-Fens' Mother
1993
Skylark
Lou Wheaton
1993
Deadly Matrimony
1992
The Donner Party
voice
1992
Keep the Change
Lureen
1992
Hard Promises
Mrs. Bell
1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
Mama Threadgoode
1991
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Alice Todd
1991
The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
1991
Coney Island
(voice)
1991
Green Card
Brontë's Mother
1990
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Midnight Run
Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
1988
Fatal Attraction
Martha
1987
Black Widow
Sara
1987
Doubletake
Sarah
1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Mary Neal
1985
Twisted
Helen Giles
1985
Reckless
Mrs. Prescott
1984
Reuben, Reuben
Mare Spofford
1983
Four Friends
Mrs. Carnahan
1981
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
1981
Resurrection
Kathy
1980
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Cornelia
1980
Foxes
Mrs. Axman
1980
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Anita Cunningham
1976
Up the Sandbox
Elinore
1972
Particular Men
1972
Dragon Country
Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
1970
Five Easy Pieces
Partita Dupea
1970
The Way We Live Now
Jane Aldridge
1970
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Evelyn
1967
The Master Builder
Hilda
1960
Strange Lady in Town
Spurs O'Brien
1955
East of Eden
Anne
1955
The Steel Harp
Hanna