Lois Smith
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
Law & Order
Eunice Varick
1990
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Rebecca Tolliver
1999
Series
Grey's Anatomy
Mrs. Dickerson
2005
Series
The Blacklist
Lucy Game
2013
Series
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Betty Bennett
2001
Series
Desperate Housewives
Allison Scavo
2004
Series
Elsbeth
Delores Feinn
2024
Series
Frasier
Moira
1993
Series
Cold Case
Fannie
2003
Series
ER
Gracie
1994
Series
Touched by an Angel
Mildred Mancini
1994
Series
The Practice
Mary Beth Berluti
1997
Series
Mom
Claire
2013
Series
True Blood
Adele Stackhouse
2008
Series
Dr. Kildare
Libby Clayton
1961
Series
Army Wives
Elsie
2007
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee / Performer
1956
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
1956
Series
The Equalizer
Marie Ganucci
1985
Series
The Equalizer
Dorothy Hermes
1985
Series
Matinee Theater
1955
Series
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Doris 'Mama' Boone
2021
Series
Studio One
Lisa Molloy
1948
Series
The Americans
Betty Turner
2013
Series
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
Series
American Experience
(voice)
1988
Series
Ray Donovan
Dolores
2013
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Sara
1979
Series
Naked City
Dawn Garrison
1958
Series
The Defenders
Esther Terranova
1961
Series
American Playhouse
Ma Joad
1982
Series
Sneaky Pete
Reverend Ethel Landry
2015
Series
Route 66
1960
Series
Route 66
Dana
1960
Series
Route 66
Lucy Brown
1960
Series
The Affair
Mrs. Gunther
2014
Series
Just Shoot Me!
Libby
1997
Series
Grace and Frankie
Mrs. Hanson
2015
Series
Younger
Belinda Lacroix
2015
Series
thirtysomething
1987
Series
Gossip Girl
Iris Lefferts
2021
Film
The Nice Guys
Mrs. Glenn
2016
Film
Minority Report
Dr. Iris Hineman
2002
Series
Impulse
Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
2018
Series
Spenser: For Hire
1985
Series
Startime
Cindy
1959
Series
The United States Steel Hour
Jeannie
1953
Film
Run All Night
Margaret Conlon
2015
Film
Lady Bird
Sister Sarah Joan
2017
Film
Falling Down
D-Fens' Mother
1993
Film
Twister
Aunt Meg
1996
Film
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
2021
CBS Playhouse
Evelyn
1966
Series
LAX
Rose Sinclair
2004
Series
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Mimi Waldenstock
2019
Film
Fatal Attraction
Martha
1987
Series
Letter to Loretta
Jenny Musgrave
1953
Series
This Fool
Beverly
2022
Film
East of Eden
Anne
1955
Film
Dead Man Walking
Helen's Mother
1995
Film
Fried Green Tomatoes
Mama Threadgoode
1991
Series
The Hire
Mother
2001
Film
Midnight Run
Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
1988
Film
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aunt Mel
2012
Series
9JKL
Wrong Nana
2017
Film
The Pledge
Helen Jackson
2001
Series
Good Sports
Mrs. Tannen
1991
Film
Tesla
The Grande Dame
2020
Film
Hollywoodland
Helen Bessolo
2006
Series
A Will of their Own
Miss Maude
1998
Film
How to Make an American Quilt
Sophia
1995
Film
Black Widow
Sara
1987
Film
Five Easy Pieces
Partita Dupea
1970
Film
The Uninvited
Helen
2025
Film
Uncle Frank
Aunt Butch
2020
Film
Killshot
Lenore
2008
Film
Green Card
Brontë's Mother
1990
Series
Ruth & Erica
Ruth
2012
Film
Mack & Rita
Betty
2022
Film
Griffin & Phoenix
Dr. Imberman
2006
Film
The Eternal
Mrs. Ferriter
1998
Film
The Comedian
Miriam
2016
Series
Rage of Angels
Clara
1983
Series
Switched at Birth
Margaret
1991
Film
The Laramie Project
Lucy Thompson
2002
Film
Please Give
Mrs. Portman
2010
Film
Holy Matrimony
Orna
1994
Film
Foxes
Mrs. Axman
1980
Film
Iron Jawed Angels
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
2004
Film
Strange Lady in Town
Spurs O'Brien
1955
Film
Larger Than Life
Luluna
1996
Film
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Mary Neal
1985
Film
The Gettysburg Address
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
2025
Film
P.S.
Ellie Silverstein
2004
Film
Reckless
Mrs. Prescott
1984
Film
Up the Sandbox
Elinore
1972
Film
Showing Up
Self
2014
Film
Sweet Land
Inge (as an older woman)
2005
Film
A Dog Year
Lois Blair
2009
Film
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Harper Pitt
2020
Film
Diminished Capacity
Belle
2008
Film
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Film
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Anita Cunningham
1976
Film
The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
1991
Film
Coney Island
(voice)
1991
Film
Deadly Matrimony
1992
Film
Marjorie Prime
Marjorie
2017
Film
Truman
Madge Wallace Gates
1995
Film
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Cornelia
1980
Film
Tumbleweeds
Ginger
1999
Film
Four Friends
Mrs. Carnahan
1981
Film
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2005
Film
Turn the River
Abby
2008
Film
Red Betsy
Helen Rounds
2003
Film
Particular Men
Anne Starr
1972
Film
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Alice Todd
1991
Film
The Best Thief in the World
Helen
2004
Film
A Foreign Affair
Ma Adams
2003
Film
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Evelyn
1967
Film
Resurrection
Kathy
1980
Film
Powder Keg
Mother
2001
Film
Skylark
Lou Wheaton
1993
Film
The Donner Party
voice
1992
The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
1981
Film
Doubletake
Sarah
1985
Film
Roadie
Mom
2012
Film
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
The Youngest Daughter (later)
2013
Film
The Way We Live Now
Jane Aldridge
1970
Film
Twisted
Helen Giles
1985
Film
Hard Promises
Mrs. Bell
1992
Film
Reuben, Reuben
Mare Spofford
1983
Film
Hudson River Blues
Julia
1997
Film
Little Fugitive
Elizabeth
2006
Film
Little Fugitive
Social Worker
2006
Film
Dragon Country
Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
1970
Film
Keep the Change
Lureen
1992
Film
On the End
Trudie Ferreira
2025
Film
The Master Builder
Hilda
1960
Film
Lightning Bug
Lydia
2025
The Steel Harp
Hanna