Lois Smith
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1930-11-03
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.
Also Known For
Minority Report
Jun 20, 2002
East of Eden
Apr 10, 1955
Hollywoodland
Aug 31, 2006
Twister
May 10, 1996
Dead Man Walking
Dec 29, 1995
Holy Matrimony
Apr 08, 1994
Sweet Land
Oct 21, 2005
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Feb 04, 1976
How to Make an American Quilt
Oct 06, 1995
P.S.
Oct 15, 2004
Five Easy Pieces
Sep 12, 1970
A Dog Year
Sep 03, 2009
Turn the River
May 09, 2008
Skylark
Feb 07, 1993
The Uninvited
Apr 11, 2025
Iron Jawed Angels
Jan 16, 2004
Black Widow
Feb 06, 1987
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aug 15, 2012
The Eternal
Sep 18, 1998
Little Fugitive
May 27, 2006
The Best Thief in the World
Jan 01, 2004
Roadie
Jan 06, 2012
Strange Lady in Town
Apr 12, 1955
Twisted
Aug 23, 1985
The Donner Party
Oct 28, 1992
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Nov 17, 1985
Doubletake
Nov 24, 1985
Fried Green Tomatoes
Dec 27, 1991
Showing Up
Feb 25, 2014
Dragon Country
Jan 02, 1970
Red Betsy
Mar 27, 2003
Hello Actors Studio
Nov 09, 1988
Little Fugitive
May 27, 2006
Coney Island
Feb 04, 1991
Falling Down
Feb 26, 1993
The Steel Harp
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Oct 17, 1967
The Laramie Project
Jan 10, 2002
Please Give
Apr 30, 2010
James Dean: Sense Memories
May 11, 2005
Run All Night
Mar 11, 2015
The House of Mirth
Jan 01, 1981
Green Card
Dec 23, 1990
Powder Keg
Jun 01, 2001
Fatal Attraction
Sep 18, 1987
Larger Than Life
Jul 26, 1996
The Nice Guys
May 15, 2016
Griffin & Phoenix
Sep 12, 2006
Resurrection
Sep 26, 1980
Marjorie Prime
Jan 23, 2017
Particular Men
Apr 15, 1972
The Comedian
Dec 09, 2016
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Oct 10, 2013
Hard Promises
Jan 31, 1992
Lady Bird
Sep 01, 2017
Reuben, Reuben
Dec 19, 1983
Foxes
Feb 29, 1980
Truman
Sep 09, 1995
Up the Sandbox
Dec 21, 1972
The French Dispatch
Oct 21, 2021
Tumbleweeds
Nov 24, 1999
The Pledge
Jan 19, 2001
The Gettysburg Address
Nov 19, 2025
The Master Builder
Mar 21, 1960
Uncle Frank
Nov 25, 2020
Switched at Birth
Apr 28, 1991
Midnight Run
Jul 20, 1988
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Mar 03, 1980
Deadly Matrimony
Nov 22, 1992
Tesla
Aug 14, 2020
Four Friends
Dec 11, 1981
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
May 05, 1991
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Oct 08, 2020
The Grapes of Wrath
Mar 22, 1991
Mack & Rita
Aug 12, 2022
Reckless
Feb 03, 1984
The Way We Live Now
May 27, 1970
Keep the Change
Jun 09, 1992
Hudson River Blues
Dec 12, 1997
Diminished Capacity
Jul 04, 2008
Spenser: For Hire
Sep 20, 1985
thirtysomething
Sep 29, 1987
Touched by an Angel
Sep 21, 1994
Cold Case
Sep 28, 2003
Route 66
Oct 07, 1960
Tales of the Unexpected
Mar 24, 1979
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Sep 20, 1999
Naked City
Sep 30, 1958
Frasier
Sep 16, 1993
LAX
Sep 13, 2004
Studio One
Nov 07, 1948
The Equalizer
Sep 18, 1985
Just Shoot Me!
Mar 04, 1997
ER
Sep 19, 1994
Somerset
Mar 30, 1970
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Sep 30, 2001
True Blood
Sep 07, 2008
Matinee Theater
Oct 31, 1955
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
CBS Playhouse
Dec 08, 1966
Robert Montgomery Presents
Jan 30, 1950
Dr. Kildare
Sep 27, 1961
The Defenders
Sep 16, 1961
Letter to Loretta
Sep 20, 1953
Startime
Oct 06, 1959
Younger
Mar 31, 2015
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
Mom
Sep 23, 2013
Grey's Anatomy
Mar 27, 2005
The Hire
Apr 26, 2001
Rage of Angels
Feb 20, 1983
9JKL
Oct 02, 2017
A Will of their Own
Oct 18, 1998
American Experience
Oct 04, 1988
Impulse
Jun 06, 2018
Route 66
Oct 07, 1960
The United States Steel Hour
Oct 27, 1953
Ruth & Erica
Sep 24, 2012
Gossip Girl
Jul 08, 2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Apr 01, 2021
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Aug 25, 2019
Ray Donovan
Jun 30, 2013
The Blacklist
Sep 23, 2013
Grace and Frankie
May 08, 2015
Desperate Housewives
Oct 03, 2004
Route 66
Oct 07, 1960
Sneaky Pete
Aug 07, 2015
The Equalizer
Sep 18, 1985
Good Sports
Jan 10, 1991
The Americans
Jan 30, 2013
Tony Awards
Apr 01, 1956
This Fool
Aug 12, 2022
