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).
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Gettysburg Address
Character:Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Release Date:19/11/2025
Lightning Bug
Character:Lydia
Release Date:04/10/2025
On the End
Character:Trudie Ferreira
Release Date:04/10/2025
The Uninvited
Character:Helen
Release Date:11/04/2025
Mack & Rita
Character:Betty
Release Date:12/08/2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Character:Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
Release Date:21/10/2021
Uncle Frank
Character:Aunt Butch
Release Date:25/11/2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Character:Harper Pitt
Release Date:08/10/2020
Tesla
Character:The Grande Dame
Release Date:14/08/2020
Lady Bird
Character:Sister Sarah Joan
Release Date:01/09/2017
Marjorie Prime
Character:Marjorie
Release Date:23/01/2017
The Comedian
Character:Miriam
Release Date:09/12/2016
The Nice Guys
Character:Mrs. Glenn
Release Date:15/05/2016
Run All Night
Character:Margaret Conlon
Release Date:11/03/2015
Showing Up
Character:Self
Release Date:25/02/2014
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Character:The Youngest Daughter (later)
Release Date:10/10/2013
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Character:Aunt Mel
Release Date:15/08/2012
Roadie
Character:Mom
Release Date:06/01/2012
Please Give
Character:Mrs. Portman
Release Date:30/04/2010
A Dog Year
Character:Lois Blair
Release Date:03/09/2009
Diminished Capacity
Character:Belle
Release Date:04/07/2008
Turn the River
Character:Abby
Release Date:09/05/2008
Griffin & Phoenix
Character:Dr. Imberman
Release Date:12/09/2006
Hollywoodland
Character:Helen Bessolo
Release Date:31/08/2006
Little Fugitive
Character:Elizabeth
Release Date:27/05/2006
Little Fugitive
Character:Social Worker
Release Date:27/05/2006
Sweet Land
Character:Inge (as an older woman)
Release Date:21/10/2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
Character:Self
Release Date:11/05/2005
P.S.
Character:Ellie Silverstein
Release Date:15/10/2004
Iron Jawed Angels
Character:Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
Release Date:16/01/2004
The Best Thief in the World
Character:Helen
Release Date:01/01/2004
Red Betsy
Character:Helen Rounds
Release Date:27/03/2003
Minority Report
Character:Dr. Iris Hineman
Release Date:20/06/2002
The Laramie Project
Character:Lucy Thompson
Release Date:10/01/2002
Powder Keg
Character:Mother
Release Date:01/06/2001
The Pledge
Character:Helen Jackson
Release Date:19/01/2001
Tumbleweeds
Character:Ginger
Release Date:24/11/1999
The Eternal
Character:Mrs. Ferriter
Release Date:18/09/1998
Hudson River Blues
Character:
Release Date:12/12/1997
Larger Than Life
Character:Luluna
Release Date:26/07/1996
Twister
Character:Aunt Meg
Release Date:10/05/1996
Dead Man Walking
Character:Helen's Mother
Release Date:29/12/1995
How to Make an American Quilt
Character:Sophia
Release Date:06/10/1995
Truman
Character:Madge Wallace Gates
Release Date:09/09/1995
Holy Matrimony
Character:Orna
Release Date:08/04/1994
Falling Down
Character:D-Fens' Mother
Release Date:26/02/1993
Skylark
Character:Lou Wheaton
Release Date:07/02/1993
Deadly Matrimony
Character:Dianne's Mother
Release Date:22/11/1992
The Donner Party
Character:voice
Release Date:28/10/1992
Keep the Change
Character:Lureen
Release Date:09/06/1992
Hard Promises
Character:Mrs. Bell
Release Date:31/01/1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
Character:Mama Threadgoode
Release Date:27/12/1991
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Character:Alice Todd
Release Date:05/05/1991
The Grapes of Wrath
Character:Ma Joad
Release Date:22/03/1991
Coney Island
Character:(voice)
Release Date:04/02/1991
Green Card
Character:Brontë's Mother
Release Date:23/12/1990
Hello Actors Studio
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/1988
Midnight Run
Character:Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
Release Date:20/07/1988
Fatal Attraction
Character:Martha
Release Date:18/09/1987
Black Widow
Character:Sara
Release Date:06/02/1987
Doubletake
Character:Sarah
Release Date:24/11/1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Character:Mary Neal
Release Date:17/11/1985
Twisted
Character:Helen Giles
Release Date:23/08/1985
Reckless
Character:Mrs. Prescott
Release Date:03/02/1984
Reuben, Reuben
Character:Mare Spofford
Release Date:19/12/1983
Four Friends
Character:Mrs. Carnahan
Release Date:11/12/1981
The House of Mirth
Character:Bertha Dorset
Release Date:01/01/1981
Resurrection
Character:Kathy
Release Date:26/09/1980
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Character:Cornelia
Release Date:03/03/1980
Foxes
Character:Mrs. Axman
Release Date:29/02/1980
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Character:Anita Cunningham
Release Date:04/02/1976
Up the Sandbox
Character:Elinore
Release Date:21/12/1972
Particular Men
Character:
Release Date:15/04/1972
Dragon Country
Character:Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
Release Date:03/12/1970
Five Easy Pieces
Character:Partita Dupea
Release Date:12/09/1970
The Way We Live Now
Character:Jane Aldridge
Release Date:27/05/1970
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Character:Evelyn
Release Date:17/10/1967
The Master Builder
Character:Hilda
Release Date:21/03/1960
Strange Lady in Town
Character:Spurs O'Brien
Release Date:12/04/1955
East of Eden
Character:Anne
Release Date:10/04/1955
Television Appearances
Elsbeth
Character:Delores Feinn
This Fool
Character:Beverly
Gossip Girl
Character:Iris Lefferts
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Character:Doris 'Mama' Boone
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Character:Mimi Waldenstock
Impulse
Character:Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
9JKL
Character:Wrong Nana
Sneaky Pete
Character:Reverend Ethel Landry
Grace and Frankie
Character:Mrs. Hanson
Younger
Character:Belinda Lacroix
Mom
Character:Claire
The Blacklist
Character:Lucy Game
Ray Donovan
Character:Dolores
The Americans
Character:Betty Turner
Ruth & Erica
Character:Ruth
True Blood
Character:Adele Stackhouse
Army Wives
Character:Elsie
Grey's Anatomy
Character:Mrs. Dickerson
Desperate Housewives
Character:Allison Scavo
LAX
Character:Rose Sinclair
Cold Case
Character:Fannie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Betty Bennett
The Hire
Character:Mother
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character:Rebecca Tolliver
A Will of their Own
Character:Miss Maude
Just Shoot Me!
Character:Libby
The Practice
Character:Mary Beth Berluti
Touched by an Angel
Character:Mildred Mancini
ER
Character:Gracie
Frasier
Character:Moira
Switched at Birth
Character:Margaret
Good Sports
Character:
Law & Order
Character:Eunice Varick
American Experience
Character:(voice)
thirtysomething
Character:
Spenser: For Hire
Character:
The Equalizer
Character:Marie Ganucci
The Equalizer
Character:Dorothy Hermes
Rage of Angels
Character:Clara
Tales of the Unexpected
Character:Sara
CBS Playhouse
Character:
Dr. Kildare
Character:Libby Clayton
The Defenders
Character:Esther Terranova
Route 66
Character:
Route 66
Character:Dana
Route 66
Character:Lucy Brown
Startime
Character:
Naked City
Character:Dawn Garrison
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Nominee/Performer
Matinee Theater
Character:
The United States Steel Hour
Character:Jeannie
Letter to Loretta
Character:Jenny Musgrave
Robert Montgomery Presents
Character:
Studio One
Character:Lisa Molloy
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