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, Lois Humbert
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.
★7.3
MOVIE2017
Lady Bird
as Sister Sarah Joan
★7.1
MOVIE2016
The Nice Guys
as Mrs. Glenn
★7.4
MOVIE1993
Falling Down
as D-Fens' Mother
★7.4
MOVIE2002
Minority Report
as Dr. Iris Hineman
★6.6
MOVIE1996
Twister
as Aunt Meg
★7.7
MOVIE1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Mama Threadgoode
★7.0
MOVIE2021
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
★6.4
MOVIE2015
Run All Night
as Margaret Conlon
★6.8
MOVIE1987
Fatal Attraction
as Martha
★7.0
MOVIE2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Aunt Mel
★7.3
MOVIE1995
Dead Man Walking
as Helen's Mother
★5.8
MOVIE2020
Tesla
as The Grande Dame
★7.2
MOVIE1988
Midnight Run
as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
★6.6
MOVIE2001
The Pledge
as Helen Jackson
★6.1
MOVIE2017
Marjorie Prime
as Marjorie
★7.5
MOVIE1955
East of Eden
as Anne
★6.1
MOVIE2006
Hollywoodland
as Helen Bessolo
★7.1
MOVIE1970
Five Easy Pieces
as Partita Dupea
★4.8
MOVIE1998
The Eternal
as Mrs. Ferriter
★7.3
MOVIE2020
Uncle Frank
as Aunt Butch
★6.2
MOVIE1987
Black Widow
as Sara
★6.4
MOVIE1995
How to Make an American Quilt
as Sophia
MOVIE2025
The Gettysburg Address
as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
★5.3
MOVIE1994
Holy Matrimony
as Orna
★6.8
MOVIE2004
Iron Jawed Angels
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
★5.6
MOVIE2004
P.S.
as Ellie Silverstein
★6.3
MOVIE2002
The Laramie Project
as Lucy Thompson
★5.6
MOVIE1992
Deadly Matrimony
★5.5
MOVIE2022
Mack & Rita
as Betty
★5.7
MOVIE2025
The Uninvited
as Helen
★5.7
MOVIE2016
The Comedian
as Miriam
★7.1
MOVIE2006
Griffin & Phoenix
as Dr. Imberman
★5.5
MOVIE1996
Larger Than Life
as Luluna
★8.0
MOVIE1991
Coney Island
as (voice)
★6.2
MOVIE2010
Please Give
as Mrs. Portman
★9.0
MOVIE2003
Red Betsy
as Helen Rounds
★6.3
MOVIE2005
Sweet Land
as Inge (as an older woman)
★5.8
MOVIE1984
Reckless
as Mrs. Prescott
★4.9
MOVIE1955
Strange Lady in Town
as Spurs O'Brien
★6.1
MOVIE2009
A Dog Year
as Lois Blair
★6.1
MOVIE1990
Green Card
as Brontë's Mother
★7.0
MOVIE1992
The Donner Party
as voice
★10.0
MOVIE1991
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad
★9.2
MOVIE2014
Showing Up
as Self
★6.7
MOVIE1988
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
★5.6
MOVIE2008
Diminished Capacity
as Belle
★6.5
MOVIE1980
Resurrection
as Kathy
★5.3
MOVIE2008
Turn the River
as Abby
★8.0
MOVIE1972
Particular Men
MOVIE2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE1976
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Anita Cunningham
★6.0
MOVIE1980
Foxes
as Mrs. Axman
★7.0
MOVIE1992
Keep the Change
as Lureen
★5.9
MOVIE1972
Up the Sandbox
as Elinore
★5.8
MOVIE1992
Hard Promises
as Mrs. Bell
★7.7
MOVIE1995
Truman
as Madge Wallace Gates
★8.0
MOVIE1981
The House of Mirth
as Bertha Dorset
★6.8
MOVIE1981
Four Friends
as Mrs. Carnahan
★6.4
MOVIE1999
Tumbleweeds
as Ginger
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Little Fugitive
as Elizabeth
★6.5
MOVIE2006
Little Fugitive
as Social Worker
★5.0
MOVIE1985
Doubletake
as Sarah
★6.6
MOVIE1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Mary Neal
★4.9
MOVIE1985
Twisted
as Helen Giles
★10.0
MOVIE1967
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Evelyn
MOVIE2025
On the End
as Trudie Ferreira
MOVIETBA
The Steel Harp
as Hanna
★5.8
MOVIE2012
Roadie
as Mom
★8.0
MOVIE1997
Hudson River Blues
★6.5
MOVIE1970
Dragon Country
as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
★4.6
MOVIE2004
The Best Thief in the World
as Helen
★6.9
MOVIE2001
Powder Keg
as Mother
★7.5
MOVIE1991
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
as Alice Todd
★4.0
MOVIE1980
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
as Cornelia
★10.0
MOVIE2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Harper Pitt
★6.4
MOVIE1983
Reuben, Reuben
as Mare Spofford
★7.0
MOVIE1993
Skylark
as Lou Wheaton
★9.0
MOVIE1970
The Way We Live Now
as Jane Aldridge
★10.0
MOVIE1960
The Master Builder
as Hilda
MOVIE2025
Lightning Bug
as Lydia
MOVIE2013
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
as The Youngest Daughter (later)