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.

Фільмографія

• 2025Lightning Bug — Lydia
• 2025On the End — Trudie Ferreira
• 2025The Gettysburg Address — Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
• 2025The Uninvited — Helen
• Елсбет — Delores Feinn
• 2022Мак і Ріта — Betty
• Цей телепень — Beverly
• 2021«Французький вісник» від «Ліберті, Канзас Івнінґ Сан» — Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
• Закон і порядок: Організована злочинність — Doris 'Mama' Boone
• Пліткарка — Iris Lefferts
• 2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America — Harper Pitt
• 2020Uncle Frank — Aunt Butch
• 2020Тесла — The Grande Dame
• Стати богом у Центральній Флориді — Mimi Waldenstock
• Імпульс — Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
• 9JKL — Wrong Nana
• 2017Marjorie Prime — Marjorie
• 2017Леді Бьорд — Sister Sarah Joan
• 2016The Comedian — Miriam
• 2016Круті чуваки — Mrs. Glenn
• 2015Втеча у ніч — Margaret Conlon
• Підступний Піт — Reverend Ethel Landry
• Юна — Belinda Lacroix
• Ґрейс і Френкі — Mrs. Hanson
• Коханці — Mrs. Gunther
• 2013The Man Who Came Out Only at Night — The Youngest Daughter (later)
• Американці — Betty Turner
• Мамця — Claire
• Рей Донован — Dolores
• Чорний список — Lucy Game
• 2012Roadie — Mom
• Ruth & Erica — Ruth
• 2012Дивне життя Тімоті Ґріна — Aunt Mel
• 2010Please Give — Mrs. Portman
• 2009A Dog Year — Lois Blair
• 2008Diminished Capacity — Belle
• 2008Turn the River — Abby
• Реальна Кров — Adele Stackhouse
• 2008Смертельний постріл — Lenore
• Army Wives — Elsie
• 2006Little Fugitive — Elizabeth, Social Worker
• 2006Гріффін і Фенікс: На краю щастя — Dr. Imberman
• 2006Країна Голлівуд — Helen Bessolo
• 2005Sweet Land — Inge (as an older woman)
• Анатомія Ґрей — Mrs. Dickerson
• 2004Iron Jawed Angels — Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
• LAX — Rose Sinclair
• 2004P.S. — Ellie Silverstein
• 2004The Best Thief in the World — Helen
• Відчайдушні домогосподарки — Allison Scavo
• 2003A Foreign Affair — Ma Adams
• Cold Case — Fannie
• 2003Red Betsy — Helen Rounds
• 2002The Laramie Project — Lucy Thompson
• 2002Особлива думка — Dr. Iris Hineman
• 2001Powder Keg — Mother
• The Hire — Mother
• Закон і порядок: злочинні наміри — Betty Bennett
• 2001Обіцянка — Helen Jackson
• 1999Tumbleweeds — Ginger
• Закон і порядок: Спеціальний корпус — Rebecca Tolliver
• A Will of their Own — Miss Maude
• 1998The Eternal — Mrs. Ferriter
• 1997Eye of God — Thanks
• 1997Hudson River Blues — Julia
• Just Shoot Me! — Libby
• The Practice — Mary Beth Berluti
• 1996Larger Than Life — Luluna
• 1996Смерч — Aunt Meg
• 1995Truman — Madge Wallace Gates
• 1995Клаптева ковдра — Sophia
• 1995Мертвий іде — Helen's Mother
• 1994Holy Matrimony — Orna
• Touched by an Angel — Mildred Mancini
• Швидка допомога — Gracie
• 1993Skylark — Lou Wheaton
• 1993З мене досить — D-Fens' Mother
• Фрейзер — Moira
• 1992Deadly Matrimony
• 1992Hard Promises — Mrs. Bell
• 1992Keep the Change — Lureen
• 1992The Donner Party — voice
• 1991Coney Island — (voice)
• Good Sports — Mrs. Tannen
• Switched at Birth — Margaret
• 1991The Grapes of Wrath — Ma Joad
• 1991White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd — Alice Todd
• 1991Смажені зелені помідори — Mama Threadgoode
• Закон і порядок — Eunice Varick
• 1990Зелена картка — Brontë's Mother
• American Experience — (voice)
• 1988Встигнути до опівночі — Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
• thirtysomething
• 1987Фатальний потяг — Martha
• 1987Чорна вдова — Sara
• 1985Doubletake — Sarah
• Spenser: For Hire
• The Equalizer — Marie Ganucci, Dorothy Hermes
• 1985The Execution of Raymond Graham — Mary Neal
• 1985Twisted — Helen Giles
• 1984Reckless — Mrs. Prescott
• Rage of Angels — Clara
• 1983Reuben, Reuben — Mare Spofford
• American Playhouse — Ma Joad
• 1981Four Friends — Mrs. Carnahan
• 1981The House of Mirth — Bertha Dorset
• 1980Foxes — Mrs. Axman
• 1980Resurrection — Kathy
• 1980The Jilting of Granny Weatherall — Cornelia
• Tales of the Unexpected — Sara
• 1976Next Stop, Greenwich Village — Anita Cunningham
• 1972Particular Men — Anne Starr
• 1972Up the Sandbox — Elinore
• 1970Dragon Country — Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
• 1970Five Easy Pieces — Partita Dupea
• 1970The Way We Live Now — Jane Aldridge
• 1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night — Evelyn
• CBS Playhouse — Evelyn
• Dr. Kildare — Libby Clayton
• The Defenders — Esther Terranova
• Route 66 — Dana, Lucy Brown
• 1960The Master Builder — Hilda
• Startime — Cindy
• Naked City — Dawn Garrison
• Matinee Theater
• 1955Strange Lady in Town — Spurs O'Brien
• 1955На схід від раю — Anne
• Letter to Loretta — Jenny Musgrave
• The United States Steel Hour — Jeannie
• Robert Montgomery Presents
• Studio One — Lisa Molloy
• The Steel Harp — Hanna

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (4)

• 2014Showing Up — Self
• 2005James Dean: Sense Memories — Self
• 1988Hello Actors Studio — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Nominee / Performer