Lois Smith

Acting

November 3, 1930 (95 years old)

Topeka, Kansas, USA

Female

82 Movies

56 TV Shows

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.

Minority Report

2002 7.4

as Dr. Iris Hineman

Age 71 (now 95)

Lady Bird

2017 7.3

as Sister Sarah Joan

Age 86 (now 95)

Twister

1996 6.6

as Aunt Meg

Age 65 (now 95)

Falling Down

1993 7.4

as D-Fens' Mother

Age 62 (now 95)

True Blood

2008 7.6

as Adele Stackhouse

Age 77 (now 95) 14 eps

14 eps

The Nice Guys

2016 7.1

as Mrs. Glenn

Age 85 (now 95)

Five Easy Pieces

1970 7.1

as Partita Dupea

Age 39 (now 95)

Dead Man Walking

1995 7.3

as Helen's Mother

Age 65 (now 95)

Fatal Attraction

1987 6.8

as Martha

Age 56 (now 95)

East of Eden

1955 7.5

as Anne

Age 24 (now 95)

Run All Night

2015 6.4

as Margaret Conlon

Age 84 (now 95)

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 7.7

as Mama Threadgoode

Age 61 (now 95)

Powder Keg

2001 6.9

as Mother

Age 70 (now 95)

The Pledge

2001 6.6

as Helen Jackson

Age 70 (now 95)

Uncle Frank

2020 7.3

as Aunt Butch

Age 90 (now 95)

Hollywoodland

2006 6.1

as Helen Bessolo

Age 75 (now 95)

The Gettysburg Address

2025

as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)

Age 95

On the End

2025

as Trudie Ferreira

Age 94 (now 95)

Lightning Bug

2025

as Lydia

Age 94 (now 95)

The Uninvited

2025 5.7

as Helen

Age 94 (now 95)

Mack & Rita

2022 5.5

as Betty

Age 91 (now 95)

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

2021 7.0

as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette

Age 90 (now 95)

Uncle Frank

2020 7.3

as Aunt Butch

Age 90 (now 95)

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

2020 10.0

as Harper Pitt

Age 89 (now 95)

Tesla

2020 5.8

as The Grande Dame

Age 89 (now 95)

Lady Bird

2017 7.3

as Sister Sarah Joan

Age 86 (now 95)

Marjorie Prime

2017 6.1

as Marjorie

Age 86 (now 95)

The Comedian

2016 5.7

as Miriam

Age 86 (now 95)

The Nice Guys

2016 7.1

as Mrs. Glenn

Age 85 (now 95)

Run All Night

2015 6.4

as Margaret Conlon

Age 84 (now 95)

Showing Up

2014 9.2

as Self

Age 83 (now 95)

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

2013

as The Youngest Daughter (later)

Age 82 (now 95)

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012 7.0

as Aunt Mel

Age 81 (now 95)

Roadie

2012 5.7

as Mom

Age 81 (now 95)

Please Give

2010 6.2

as Mrs. Portman

Age 79 (now 95)

A Dog Year

2009 6.2

as Lois Blair

Age 78 (now 95)

Diminished Capacity

2008 5.6

as Belle

Age 77 (now 95)

Turn the River

2008 5.3

as Abby

Age 77 (now 95)

Griffin & Phoenix

2006 7.1

as Dr. Imberman

Age 75 (now 95)

Hollywoodland

2006 6.1

as Helen Bessolo

Age 75 (now 95)

Little Fugitive

2006 6.5

as Elizabeth

Age 75 (now 95)

Little Fugitive

2006 6.5

as Social Worker

Age 75 (now 95)

Sweet Land

2005 6.3

as Inge (as an older woman)

Age 74 (now 95)

James Dean: Sense Memories

2005

as Self

Age 74 (now 95)

P.S.

2004 5.6

as Ellie Silverstein

Age 73 (now 95)

Iron Jawed Angels

2004 6.8

as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw

Age 73 (now 95)

The Best Thief in the World

2004 4.6

as Helen

Age 73 (now 95)

Red Betsy

2003 9.0

as Helen Rounds

Age 72 (now 95)

Minority Report

2002 7.4

as Dr. Iris Hineman

Age 71 (now 95)

The Laramie Project

2002 6.3

as Lucy Thompson

Age 71 (now 95)

Powder Keg

2001 6.9

as Mother

Age 70 (now 95)

The Pledge

2001 6.6

as Helen Jackson

Age 70 (now 95)

Tumbleweeds

1999 6.4

as Ginger

Age 69 (now 95)

The Eternal

1998 4.8

as Mrs. Ferriter

Age 67 (now 95)

Hudson River Blues

1997 8.0

Age 67 (now 95)

Eye of God

1997 5.8

Thanks

Age 66 (now 95)

Larger Than Life

1996 5.5

as Luluna

Age 65 (now 95)

Twister

1996 6.6

as Aunt Meg

Age 65 (now 95)

Dead Man Walking

1995 7.3

as Helen's Mother

Age 65 (now 95)

How to Make an American Quilt

1995 6.4

as Sophia

Age 64 (now 95)

Truman

1995 7.7

as Madge Wallace Gates

Age 64 (now 95)

Holy Matrimony

1994 5.3

as Orna

Age 63 (now 95)

Falling Down

1993 7.4

as D-Fens' Mother

Age 62 (now 95)

Skylark

1993 7.0

as Lou Wheaton

Age 62 (now 95)

Deadly Matrimony

1992 5.6

Age 62 (now 95)

The Donner Party

1992 7.0

as voice

Age 61 (now 95)

Keep the Change

1992 7.0

as Lureen

Age 61 (now 95)

Hard Promises

1992 5.8

as Mrs. Bell

Age 61 (now 95)

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991 7.7

as Mama Threadgoode

Age 61 (now 95)

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

1991 7.5

as Alice Todd

Age 60 (now 95)

The Grapes of Wrath

1991 10.0

as Ma Joad

Age 60 (now 95)

Coney Island

1991 8.0

as (voice)

Age 60 (now 95)

Green Card

1990 6.1

as Brontë's Mother

Age 60 (now 95)

Hello Actors Studio

1988 6.7

as Self

Age 58 (now 95)

Midnight Run

1988 7.2

as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend

Age 57 (now 95)

Fatal Attraction

1987 6.8

as Martha

Age 56 (now 95)

Black Widow

1987 6.2

as Sara

Age 56 (now 95)

Doubletake

1985 5.0

as Sarah

Age 55 (now 95)

The Execution of Raymond Graham

1985 6.6

as Mary Neal

Age 55 (now 95)

Twisted

1985 4.9

as Helen Giles

Age 54 (now 95)

Reckless

1984 5.7

as Mrs. Prescott

Age 53 (now 95)

Reuben, Reuben

1983 6.4

as Mare Spofford

Age 53 (now 95)

Four Friends

1981 6.8

as Mrs. Carnahan

Age 51 (now 95)

The House of Mirth

1981 8.0

as Bertha Dorset

Age 50 (now 95)

Resurrection

1980 6.5

as Kathy

Age 49 (now 95)

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

1980 4.0

as Cornelia

Age 49 (now 95)

Foxes

1980 6.0

as Mrs. Axman

Age 49 (now 95)

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976 6.4

as Anita Cunningham

Age 45 (now 95)

Up the Sandbox

1972 5.9

as Elinore

Age 42 (now 95)

Particular Men

1972 8.0

Age 41 (now 95)

Dragon Country

1970 6.5

as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")

Age 40 (now 95)

Five Easy Pieces

1970 7.1

as Partita Dupea

Age 39 (now 95)

The Way We Live Now

1970 9.0

as Jane Aldridge

Age 39 (now 95)

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

1967 10.0

as Evelyn

Age 36 (now 95)

The Master Builder

1960 10.0

as Hilda

Age 29 (now 95)

Strange Lady in Town

1955 4.9

as Spurs O'Brien

Age 24 (now 95)

East of Eden

1955 7.5

as Anne

Age 24 (now 95)

The Steel Harp

as Hanna