Lois Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

135

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-11-03 (94 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

  • Grey's Anatomy

    Grey's Anatomy

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • The Blacklist

    The Blacklist

  • Desperate Housewives

    Desperate Housewives

  • Law & Order: Criminal Intent

    Law & Order: Criminal Intent

  • Frasier

    Frasier

  • True Blood

    True Blood

  • Mom

    Mom

  • Cold Case

    Cold Case

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • ER

    ER

  • The Practice

    The Practice

  • Law & Order: Organized Crime

    Law & Order: Organized Crime

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    Robert Montgomery Presents

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Touched by an Angel

    Touched by an Angel

  • Ray Donovan

    Ray Donovan

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Dr. Kildare

    Dr. Kildare

  • Grace and Frankie

    Grace and Frankie

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Americans

    The Americans

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Route 66

    Route 66

  • Younger

    Younger

  • Sneaky Pete

    Sneaky Pete

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Just Shoot Me!

    Just Shoot Me!

  • Army Wives

    Army Wives

  • Minority Report

    Minority Report

  • Spenser: For Hire

    Spenser: For Hire

  • Falling Down

    Falling Down

  • The Nice Guys

    The Nice Guys

  • Gossip Girl

    Gossip Girl

  • How to Make an American Quilt

    How to Make an American Quilt

  • Impulse

    Impulse

  • The United States Steel Hour

    The United States Steel Hour

  • Lady Bird

    Lady Bird

  • East of Eden

    East of Eden

  • Twister

    Twister

  • The Laramie Project

    The Laramie Project

  • Fatal Attraction

    Fatal Attraction

  • Startime

    Startime

  • Marjorie Prime

    Marjorie Prime

  • The French Dispatch

    The French Dispatch

  • The Uninvited

    The Uninvited

  • White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

    White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

  • Tumbleweeds

    Tumbleweeds

  • Strange Lady in Town

    Strange Lady in Town

  • On Becoming a God in Central Florida

    On Becoming a God in Central Florida

  • LAX

    LAX

  • The Steel Harp

    The Steel Harp

  • CBS Playhouse

    CBS Playhouse

  • The Gettysburg Address

    The Gettysburg Address

  • Run All Night

    Run All Night

  • The Comedian

    The Comedian

  • Tesla

    Tesla

  • Dead Man Walking

    Dead Man Walking

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • The Pledge

    The Pledge

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

    Fried Green Tomatoes

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • The Grapes of Wrath

    The Grapes of Wrath

  • Next Stop, Greenwich Village

    Next Stop, Greenwich Village

  • Mack & Rita

    Mack & Rita

  • Reckless

    Reckless

  • Keep the Change

    Keep the Change

  • Larger Than Life

    Larger Than Life

  • Uncle Frank

    Uncle Frank

  • The Hire

    The Hire

  • Midnight Run

    Midnight Run

  • 9JKL

    9JKL

  • The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    The Odd Life of Timothy Green

  • Reuben, Reuben

    Reuben, Reuben

  • This Fool

    This Fool

  • Resurrection

    Resurrection

  • Truman

    Truman

  • Hudson River Blues

    Hudson River Blues

  • Lightning Bug

    Lightning Bug

  • Hollywoodland

    Hollywoodland

  • Hard Promises

    Hard Promises

  • Iron Jawed Angels

    Iron Jawed Angels

  • Skylark

    Skylark

  • Sweet Land

    Sweet Land

  • A Will of their Own

    A Will of their Own

  • The Donner Party

    The Donner Party

  • Doubletake

    Doubletake

  • Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

  • Little Fugitive

    Little Fugitive

  • Little Fugitive

    Little Fugitive

  • The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

    The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

  • Switched at Birth

    Switched at Birth

  • Roadie

    Roadie

  • Coney Island

    Coney Island

  • Rage of Angels

    Rage of Angels

  • Up the Sandbox

    Up the Sandbox

  • Good Sports

    Good Sports

  • Green Card

    Green Card

  • Turn the River

    Turn the River

  • P.S.

    P.S.

  • The Best Thief in the World

    The Best Thief in the World

  • A Dog Year

    A Dog Year

  • The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

    The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

  • Ruth & Erica

    Ruth & Erica

  • Showing Up

    Showing Up

  • Particular Men

    Particular Men

  • Griffin & Phoenix

    Griffin & Phoenix

  • Hello Actors Studio

    Hello Actors Studio

  • Foxes

    Foxes

  • The Execution of Raymond Graham

    The Execution of Raymond Graham

  • On the End

    On the End

  • The House of Mirth

    The House of Mirth

  • Diminished Capacity

    Diminished Capacity

  • Four Friends

    Four Friends

  • Red Betsy

    Red Betsy

  • Please Give

    Please Give

  • Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

  • James Dean: Sense Memories

    James Dean: Sense Memories

  • The Way We Live Now

    The Way We Live Now

  • Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

    Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

  • The Master Builder

    The Master Builder

  • The Eternal

    The Eternal

  • Deadly Matrimony

    Deadly Matrimony

  • Powder Keg

    Powder Keg

  • Twisted

    Twisted

  • The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

    The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

  • Dragon Country

    Dragon Country