
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