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.
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Filmography of
Lois Smith
Helen
... 2024
Betty
... 2022
Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
... 2021
Aunt Butch
... 2020
... 2020
The Grande Dame
... 2020
Sister Sarah Joan
... 2017
Marjorie
... 2017
Miriam
... 2016
Mrs. Glenn
... 2016
Margaret Conlon
... 2015
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
... 2015
Self
... 2014
The Youngest Daughter (later)
... 2013
Aunt Mel
... 2012
Mom
... 2012
Mrs. Portman
... 2010
Lois Blair
... 2009
Abby
... 2008
Dr. Imberman
... 2006
Helen Bessolo
... 2006
Elizabeth
... 2006
Social Worker
... 2006
Inge (as an older woman)
... 2005
... 2005
Ellie Silverstein
... 2004
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
... 2004
... 2004
Helen Rounds
... 2003
Dr. Iris Hineman [The Greenhouse]
... 2002
Lucy Thompson
... 2002
Mother
... 2001
Helen Jackson
... 2001
Ginger
... 1999
Mrs. Ferriter
... 1998
... 1997
Luluna
... 1996
Meg Greene
... 1996
Helen's Mother
... 1995
... 1995
Madge Wallace Gates
... 1995
Orna
... 1994
D-Fens' Mother
... 1993
Lou Wheaton
... 1993
... 1992
voice
... 1992
Lureen
... 1992
Mrs. Bell
... 1992
Mama Threadgoode
... 1991
... 1991
Margaret
... 1991
Ma Joad
... 1991
(voice)
... 1991
Brontë's Mother
... 1990
Self
... 1988
Mrs. Nelson
... 1988
Martha
... 1987
Sara
... 1987
Helen Giles
... 1986
Sarah
... 1985
Mary Neal
... 1985
Mrs. Prescott
... 1984
Mare Spofford
... 1983
Mrs. Carnahan
... 1981
Bertha Dorset
... 1981
Kathy
... 1980
Cornelia
... 1980
Mrs. Axman
... 1980
Anita Cunningham
... 1976
Elinore
... 1972
... 1972
Partita Dupea
... 1970
Jane Aldridge
... 1970
Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
... 1970
... 1967
Hilda
... 1960
Spurs O'Brien
... 1955
Anne
... 1955