Lois Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

136

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-11-03 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

Topeka, Kansas, USA

Lois Smith

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.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

  • Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Mom

    Mom

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • ER

    ER

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • True Blood

    True Blood

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Ray Donovan

    Ray Donovan

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Minority Report

    Minority Report

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

  • Sneaky Pete

    Sneaky Pete

  • Law & Order: Organized Crime

    Law & Order: Organized Crime

  • Younger

    Younger

  • Elsbeth

    Elsbeth

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Army Wives

    Army Wives

  • Just Shoot Me!

    Just Shoot Me!

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • How to Make an American Quilt

    How to Make an American Quilt

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • Gossip Girl

    Gossip Girl

  • The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    The Odd Life of Timothy Green

  • Twister

    Twister

  • The Pledge

    The Pledge

  • The Nice Guys

    The Nice Guys

  • Lady Bird

    Lady Bird

  • The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

  • Uncle Frank

    Uncle Frank

  • Impulse

    Impulse

  • Run All Night

    Run All Night

  • The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

    The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

    Fried Green Tomatoes

  • Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

  • Falling Down

    Falling Down

  • The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

  • On Becoming a God in Central Florida

    On Becoming a God in Central Florida

  • Mack & Rita

    Mack & Rita

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • Fatal Attraction

    Fatal Attraction

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

  • Skylark

    Skylark

  • P.S.

    P.S.

  • The Comedian

    The Comedian

  • Hard Promises

    Hard Promises

  • Truman

    Truman

  • Tumbleweeds

    Tumbleweeds

  • Tesla

    Tesla

  • Next Stop, Greenwich Village

    Next Stop, Greenwich Village

  • LAX

    LAX

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Lightning Bug

    Lightning Bug

  • The Best Thief in the World

    The Best Thief in the World

  • Startime

    Startime

  • This Fool

    This Fool

  • Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking

  • Marjorie Prime

    Marjorie Prime

  • Hollywoodland

    Hollywoodland

  • Turn the River

    Turn the River

  • 9JKL

    9JKL

  • The Way We Live Now

    The Way We Live Now

  • Griffin & Phoenix

    Griffin & Phoenix

  • The Hire

    The Hire

  • Sweet Land

    Sweet Land

  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Reckless

    Reckless

  • Roadie

    Roadie

  • White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

    White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

  • Red Betsy

    Red Betsy

  • Diminished Capacity

    Diminished Capacity

  • A Will of their Own

    A Will of their Own

  • Four Friends

    Four Friends

  • Showing Up

    Showing Up

  • Midnight Run

    Midnight Run

  • Rage of Angels

    Rage of Angels

  • Iron Jawed Angels

    Iron Jawed Angels

  • Particular Men

    Particular Men

  • Green Card

    Green Card

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Good Sports

    Good Sports

  • The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

  • Please Give

    Please Give

  • Little Fugitive

    Little Fugitive

  • Little Fugitive

    Little Fugitive

  • The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

  • The Laramie Project

    The Laramie Project

  • Larger Than Life

    Larger Than Life

  • The Eternal

    The Eternal

  • A Dog Year

    A Dog Year

  • Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

  • Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

  • Ruth & Erica

    Ruth & Erica

  • Switched at Birth

    Switched at Birth

  • Deadly Matrimony

    Deadly Matrimony

  • Keep the Change

    Keep the Change

  • Up the Sandbox

    Up the Sandbox

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • The Steel Harp

    The Steel Harp

  • Foxes

    Foxes

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

  • The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

  • Hudson River Blues

    Hudson River Blues

  • James Dean: Sense Memories

    James Dean: Sense Memories

  • Coney Island

    Coney Island

  • The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

  • Reuben, Reuben

    Reuben, Reuben

  • Twisted

    Twisted

  • Powder Keg

    Powder Keg

  • Doubletake

    Doubletake

  • The Execution of Raymond Graham

    The Execution of Raymond Graham

  • The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

    The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

  • Dragon Country

    Dragon Country

  • On the End

    On the End