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Lois Smith

Television Actress / Film Actress / Stage Actress | * 11/03/1930 (93) | Topeka, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
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Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American character actress whose career spans eight decades. 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), Falling Down (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead Man Walking (1995), Twister (1996), Minority Report (2002... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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Awards & Nominations for Lois Smith

National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress 2x Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play
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Movies with Lois Smith as Actress(67)

as Betty2022 Mack & Rita
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette2021 The French Dispatch
as Aunt Butch2020 Uncle Frank
as The Grande Dame2020 Tesla
as Marjorie2017 Marjorie Prime
as Sister Sarah Joan2017 Lady Bird
as Miriam2016 The Comedian
as Mrs. Glenn2016 The Nice Guys
as Margaret Conlon2015 Run All Night
as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)2015 The Gettysburg Address
as herself2014 Showing Up
as The Youngest Daughter (later)2013 The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
as Mom2012 Roadie
as Mrs. Portman2010 Please Give
as Lois Blair2009 A Dog Year
as Abby2008 Turn the River
as Elizabeth2006 Little Fugitive
as Helen Bessolo2006 Hollywoodland
as Dr. Imberman2006 Griffin & Phoenix
as Inge (as an older woman)2005 Sweet Land
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw2004 Iron Jawed Angels
as Ellie Silverstein2004 P.S.
as Helen Rounds2003 Red Betsy
as Dr. Iris Hineman2002 Minority Report
as Lucy Thompson2002 The Laramie Project
as Mother2001 Powder Keg
as Helen Jackson2001 The Pledge
as Ginger1999 Tumbleweeds
as Mrs. Ferriter1998 The Eternal
as Meg Greene1996 Twister
as Helen's Mother1995 Dead Man Walking
as Madge Wallace Gates1995 Truman
as Orna1994 Holy Matrimony
as Lou Wheaton1993 Skylark
as D-Fens' Mother1993 Falling Down
as Lureen1992 Keep the Change
as Mrs. Bell1992 Hard Promises
as Ma Joad1991 The Grapes of Wrath
as Margaret1991 Switched at Birth
as Mama Threadgoode1991 Fried Green Tomatoes
as Brontë's Mother1990 Green Card
as Mrs. Nelson1988 Midnight Run
as Martha1987 Fatal Attraction
as Sara1987 Black Widow
as Helen Giles1986 Twisted
as Mrs. Prescott1984 Reckless
as Mare Spofford1983 Reuben, Reuben
as Bertha Dorset1981 The House of Mirth
as Mrs. Carnahan1981 Four Friends
as Mrs. Axman1980 Foxes
as Kathy1980 Resurrection
as Anita Cunningham1976 Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Elinore1972 Up the Sandbox
as Jane Aldridge1970 The Way We Live Now
as Partita Dupea1970 Five Easy Pieces
as Hilda1960 The Master Builder
as Spurs O'Brien1955 Strange Lady in Town
as Anne1955 East of Eden

TV Shows/Series with Lois Smith as Actress(41)

as Iris Lefferts2021 Gossip Girl
as Wrong Nana2017 9JKL
as Reverend Ethel Landry2015 Sneaky Pete
as Belinda Lacroix2015 Younger
as Lucy Game2013 The Blacklist
as Claire2013 Mom
as Betty Turner2013 The Americans
as Dolores2013 Ray Donovan
as Adele Stackhouse2008 True Blood
as Mrs. Dickerson2005 Grey's Anatomy
2004 LAX
as Fannie2003 Cold Case
as Betty Bennett2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Rebecca Tolliver1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Miss Maude1998 A Will of their Own
as Gracie1994 ER
as Mildred Mancini1994 Touched by an Angel
as Moira1993 Frasier
as Eunice Varick1990 Law & Order
as Marie Ganucci1985 The Equalizer
as Dorothy Hermes1985 The Equalizer
as Clara1983 Rage of Angels
as Zoe Cannell1970 Somerset
as Esther Terranova1961 The Defenders
as Libby Clayton1961 Dr. Kildare
as Dawn Garrison1958 Naked City
as Jenny Musgrave1953 Letter to Loretta
as Self - Actor - Scene from Edwin Booth1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Lisa Molloy1948 Studio One

Full Name: Lois Humbert
Born: Monday, 11/03 1930 (November) in Topeka, Kansas (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 93 years + 147 days)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Washington, Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
Spouses (current/former): Wesley D. Smith
Other names for Lois Smith (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Lois Arlene Humbert"
Lois Smith frequently works together with these people:
Loretta Young (117x, Actress)
John Newland (29x, Crew)
Vaughn Taylor (27x, Actor)
Charlton Heston (18x, Actor)
James Daly (18x, Actor)
Anne Seymour (17x, Actress)
Lou Martini Jr. (17x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (16x, Actor)
William Shatner (16x, Actor)
Everett Sloane (16x, Actor)
Nina Foch (16x, Actress)
Michael Almereyda (10x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:6713, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024