Lois Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

134

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

    Law & Order

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

  • The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives

  • ER

    ER

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • Mom

    Mom

  • Younger

    Younger

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • True Blood

    True Blood

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • Ray Donovan

    Ray Donovan

  • Elsbeth

    Elsbeth

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Law & Order: Organized Crime

    Law & Order: Organized Crime

  • Sneaky Pete

    Sneaky Pete

  • Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Army Wives

    Army Wives

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Tesla

    Tesla

  • Just Shoot Me!

    Just Shoot Me!

  • Gossip Girl

    Gossip Girl

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • Hollywoodland

    Hollywoodland

  • Truman

    Truman

  • Mack & Rita

    Mack & Rita

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

  • Minority Report

    Minority Report

  • A Dog Year

    A Dog Year

  • Four Friends

    Four Friends

  • The Nice Guys

    The Nice Guys

  • Showing Up

    Showing Up

  • The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

  • Impulse

    Impulse

  • Roadie

    Roadie

  • Coney Island

    Coney Island

  • Twister

    Twister

  • The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

    The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

  • Diminished Capacity

    Diminished Capacity

  • Run All Night

    Run All Night

  • Tumbleweeds

    Tumbleweeds

  • Up the Sandbox

    Up the Sandbox

  • Falling Down

    Falling Down

  • Marjorie Prime

    Marjorie Prime

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

    Fried Green Tomatoes

  • The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

  • On Becoming a God in Central Florida

    On Becoming a God in Central Florida

  • LAX

    LAX

  • James Dean: Sense Memories

    James Dean: Sense Memories

  • Lady Bird

    Lady Bird

  • Deadly Matrimony

    Deadly Matrimony

  • Particular Men

    Particular Men

  • Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

  • Red Betsy

    Red Betsy

  • The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

  • Fatal Attraction

    Fatal Attraction

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • The Hire

    The Hire

  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

  • Startime

    Startime

  • Sweet Land

    Sweet Land

  • The Eternal

    The Eternal

  • Please Give

    Please Give

  • The Pledge

    The Pledge

  • Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking

  • P.S.

    P.S.

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • Midnight Run

    Midnight Run

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

  • This Fool

    This Fool

  • The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    The Odd Life of Timothy Green

  • Hudson River Blues

    Hudson River Blues

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Skylark

    Skylark

  • 9JKL

    9JKL

  • Green Card

    Green Card

  • Good Sports

    Good Sports

  • How to Make an American Quilt

    How to Make an American Quilt

  • Uncle Frank

    Uncle Frank

  • Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

  • The Comedian

    The Comedian

  • A Will of their Own

    A Will of their Own

  • Ruth & Erica

    Ruth & Erica

  • The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

  • Reckless

    Reckless

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • Iron Jawed Angels

    Iron Jawed Angels

  • Little Fugitive

    Little Fugitive

  • Little Fugitive

    Little Fugitive

  • The Laramie Project

    The Laramie Project

  • Rage of Angels

    Rage of Angels

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Larger Than Life

    Larger Than Life

  • Griffin & Phoenix

    Griffin & Phoenix

  • Foxes

    Foxes

  • Hard Promises

    Hard Promises

  • Powder Keg

    Powder Keg

  • Turn the River

    Turn the River

  • Switched at Birth

    Switched at Birth

  • Doubletake

    Doubletake

  • Keep the Change

    Keep the Change

  • The Way We Live Now

    The Way We Live Now

  • Next Stop, Greenwich Village

    Next Stop, Greenwich Village

  • The Execution of Raymond Graham

    The Execution of Raymond Graham

  • The Best Thief in the World

    The Best Thief in the World

  • Twisted

    Twisted

  • The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

  • White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

    White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

  • On the End

    On the End

  • The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

    The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

  • Reuben, Reuben

    Reuben, Reuben

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

  • The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

    The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

  • The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

  • Dragon Country

    Dragon Country

  • The Steel Harp

    The Steel Harp

  • Lightning Bug

    Lightning Bug