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Lois Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1930-11-03 (Age: 96)

Place of Birth

Topeka, Kansas, USA

Lois Smith

Biography

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.

Filmography (80)

⭐ 0 Role: Elizabeth Crawford (voice)

The Gettysburg Address

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Lydia

Lightning Bug

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Trudie Ferreira

On the End

2025
⭐ 5.7 Role: Helen

The Uninvited

2025
⭐ 5.5 Role: Betty

Mack & Rita

2022
⭐ 7.0 Role: Upshur 'Maw' Clampette

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021
⭐ 7.3 Role: Aunt Butch

Uncle Frank

2020
⭐ 10.0 Role: Harper Pitt

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

2020
⭐ 5.8 Role: The Grande Dame

Tesla

2020
⭐ 7.3 Role: Sister Sarah Joan

Lady Bird

2017
⭐ 6.1 Role: Marjorie

Marjorie Prime

2017
⭐ 5.7 Role: Miriam

The Comedian

2016
⭐ 7.1 Role: Mrs. Glenn

The Nice Guys

2016
⭐ 6.4 Role: Margaret Conlon

Run All Night

2015
⭐ 9.2 Role: Self

Showing Up

2014