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.
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movieThe Gettysburg Address
2025
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
movieOn the End
2025
Trudie Ferreira
tvElsbeth
2024
Delores Feinn
movieMack & Rita
2022
Betty
tvThis Fool
2022
Beverly
movieThe French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
tvGossip Girl
2021
Iris Lefferts
tvLaw & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Doris 'Mama' Boone
movieUncle Frank
2020
Aunt Butch
movieTesla
2020
The Grande Dame
tvOn Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019
Mimi Waldenstock
tvImpulse
2018
Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
tv9JKL
2017
Wrong Nana
movieLady Bird
2017
Sister Sarah Joan
movieMarjorie Prime
2017
Marjorie
movieThe Comedian
2016
Miriam
movieThe Nice Guys
2016
Mrs. Glenn
tvSneaky Pete
2015
Reverend Ethel Landry
tvGrace and Frankie
2015
Mrs. Hanson
tvYounger
2015
Belinda Lacroix
movieRun All Night
2015
Margaret Conlon
tvThe Affair
2014
Mrs. Gunther
movieThe Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013
The Youngest Daughter (later)
tvMom
2013
Claire
tvThe Blacklist
2013
Lucy Game
tvRay Donovan
2013
Dolores
tvThe Americans
2013
Betty Turner
moviePlease Give
2010
Mrs. Portman
movieA Dog Year
2009
Lois Blair
tvTrue Blood
2008
Adele Stackhouse
tvArmy Wives
2007
Elsie
movieGriffin & Phoenix
2006
Dr. Imberman
movieHollywoodland
2006
Helen Bessolo
Little Fugitive
2006
Elizabeth / Social Worker
movieSweet Land
2005
Inge (as an older woman)
tvGrey's Anatomy
2005
Mrs. Dickerson
movieP.S.
2004
Ellie Silverstein
tvDesperate Housewives
2004
Allison Scavo
tvLAX
2004
Rose Sinclair
movieIron Jawed Angels
2004
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
tvCold Case
2003
Fannie
movieRed Betsy
2003
Helen Rounds
movieMinority Report
2002
Dr. Iris Hineman
movieThe Laramie Project
2002
Lucy Thompson
tvLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
Betty Bennett
moviePowder Keg
2001
Mother
tvThe Hire
2001
Mother
movieThe Pledge
2001
Helen Jackson
movieTumbleweeds
1999
Ginger
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Rebecca Tolliver
tvA Will of their Own
1998
Miss Maude
movieThe Eternal
1998
Mrs. Ferriter
tvJust Shoot Me!
1997
Libby
tvThe Practice
1997
Mary Beth Berluti
movieTwister
1996
Aunt Meg
movieDead Man Walking
1995
Helen's Mother
movieTruman
1995
Madge Wallace Gates
tvTouched by an Angel
1994
Mildred Mancini
tvER
1994
Gracie
tvFrasier
1993
Moira
movieFalling Down
1993
D-Fens' Mother
movieSkylark
1993
Lou Wheaton
movieKeep the Change
1992
Lureen
movieHard Promises
1992
Mrs. Bell
movieFried Green Tomatoes
1991
Mama Threadgoode
tvSwitched at Birth
1991
Margaret
movieThe Grapes of Wrath
1991
Ma Joad
movieConey Island
1991
(voice)
tvGood Sports
1991
Mrs. Tannen
movieGreen Card
1990
Brontë's Mother
tvLaw & Order
1990
Eunice Varick
tvAmerican Experience
1988
(voice)
movieMidnight Run
1988
Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
movieDoubletake
1985
Sarah
tvThe Equalizer
1985
Marie Ganucci / Dorothy Hermes
movieTwisted
1985
Helen Giles
movieReckless
1984
Mrs. Prescott
movieReuben, Reuben
1983
Mare Spofford
tvRage of Angels
1983
Clara
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Ma Joad
movieFour Friends
1981
Mrs. Carnahan
The House of Mirth
1981
Bertha Dorset
movieFoxes
1980
Mrs. Axman
movieNext Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
Anita Cunningham
movieUp the Sandbox
1972
Elinore
movieDragon Country
1970
Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
movieFive Easy Pieces
1970
Partita Dupea
movieThe Way We Live Now
1970
Jane Aldridge
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Libby Clayton
tvThe Defenders
1961
Esther Terranova
tvRoute 66
1960
Dana / Lucy Brown
tvStartime
1959
Cindy
tvNaked City
1958
Dawn Garrison
tvTony Awards
1956
Self - Nominee / Performer / Self - Nominee
movieStrange Lady in Town
1955
Spurs O'Brien
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Jenny Musgrave
tvStudio One
1948
Lisa Molloy
Crew1
movieEye of God
1997
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