Cast
Lois Smith
Acting
Cast
Lois Smith
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-11-03
From
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Also known as Lois Arlene Humbert, Lois Arlene Smith, لوئیس اسمیت
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.
Minority Report
as Dr. Iris Hineman
The Nice Guys
as Mrs. Glenn
Twister
as Aunt Meg
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Mama Threadgoode
Lady Bird
as Sister Sarah Joan
Falling Down
as D-Fens' Mother
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
Fatal Attraction
as Martha
Run All Night
as Margaret Conlon
Midnight Run
as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
Tesla
as The Grande Dame
Dead Man Walking
as Helen's Mother
The Pledge
as Helen Jackson
Green Card
as Brontë's Mother
Uncle Frank
as Aunt Butch
Please Give
as Mrs. Portman
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Aunt Mel
P.S.
as Ellie Silverstein
Black Widow
as Sara
East of Eden
as Anne
Foxes
as Mrs. Axman
Hollywoodland
as Helen Bessolo
Reckless
as Mrs. Prescott
The Comedian
as Miriam
Five Easy Pieces
as Partita Dupea
Mack & Rita
as Betty
How to Make an American Quilt
as Sophia
The Laramie Project
as Lucy Thompson
Iron Jawed Angels
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
The Gettysburg Address
as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Larger Than Life
as Luluna
Showing Up
as Self
Twisted
as Helen Giles
Sweet Land
as Inge (as an older woman)
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
Marjorie Prime
as Marjorie
Diminished Capacity
as Belle
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Anita Cunningham
A Dog Year
as Lois Blair
Holy Matrimony
as Orna
Griffin & Phoenix
as Dr. Imberman
The Eternal
as Mrs. Ferriter
Hard Promises
as Mrs. Bell
Up the Sandbox
as Elinore
Truman
as Madge Wallace Gates
Roadie
as Mom
Strange Lady in Town
as Spurs O'Brien
Powder Keg
as Mother
The Uninvited
as Helen
Tumbleweeds
as Ginger
Deadly Matrimony
Resurrection
as Kathy
Hudson River Blues
Keep the Change
as Lureen
Skylark
as Lou Wheaton
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad
Doubletake
as Sarah
Turn the River
as Abby
Coney Island
as (voice)
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
as Alice Todd
Reuben, Reuben
as Mare Spofford
Little Fugitive
as Elizabeth
Little Fugitive
as Social Worker
Four Friends
as Mrs. Carnahan
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Mary Neal
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Harper Pitt
The Best Thief in the World
as Helen
The Donner Party
as voice
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Evelyn
Particular Men
Red Betsy
as Helen Rounds
The Master Builder
as Hilda
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
as The Youngest Daughter (later)
The House of Mirth
as Bertha Dorset
The Way We Live Now
as Jane Aldridge
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
as Cornelia
The Steel Harp
as Hanna
On the End
as Trudie Ferreira
Dragon Country
as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
Lightning Bug
as Lydia