Acting credits
125
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Lois Smith
Acting
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Movies: 77Series: 49Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 2207
IMDb ID: nm0809135
Known for: Acting
Born: November 3, 1930
Age: 95
Place of birth: Topeka, Kansas, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2025
Years active: 78
Average TMDB rating: 6.78
Wikidata: Q258246
Also known as
Lois Arlene Humbert • Lois Arlene Smith • لوئیس اسمیت
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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.
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Movie credits linked with Lois Smith.
The Gettysburg Address
as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
2025 Movie
On the End
as Trudie Ferreira
2025 Movie
5.7
The Uninvited
as Helen
2025 Movie
5.4
Mack & Rita
as Betty
2022 Movie
7.0
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
2021 Movie
7.3
Uncle Frank
as Aunt Butch
2020 Movie
10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Harper Pitt
2020 Movie
5.8
Tesla
as The Grande Dame
2020 Movie
7.3
Lady Bird
as Sister Sarah Joan
2017 Movie
6.1
Marjorie Prime
as Marjorie
2017 Movie
5.7
The Comedian
as Miriam
2016 Movie
7.1
The Nice Guys
as Mrs. Glenn
2016 Movie
6.4
Run All Night
as Margaret Conlon
2015 Movie
9.2
Showing Up
as Self
2014 Movie
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
as The Youngest Daughter (later)
2013 Movie
7.0
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Aunt Mel
2012 Movie
5.8
Roadie
as Mom
2012 Movie
6.2
Please Give
as Mrs. Portman
2010 Movie
6.1
A Dog Year
as Lois Blair
2009 Movie
5.6
Diminished Capacity
as Belle
2008 Movie
5.3
Turn the River
as Abby
2008 Movie
7.1
Griffin & Phoenix
as Dr. Imberman
2006 Movie
6.1
Hollywoodland
as Helen Bessolo
2006 Movie
6.4
Sweet Land
as Inge (as an older woman)
2005 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Lois Smith.
6.9
Elsbeth
as Delores Feinn • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.4
This Fool
as Beverly • 1 eps
2022 Series
7.3
Gossip Girl
as Iris Lefferts • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Doris 'Mama' Boone • 3 eps
2021 Series
6.5
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
as Mimi Waldenstock • 2 eps
2019 Series
7.6
Impulse
as Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones • 1 eps
2018 Series
6.2
9JKL
as Wrong Nana • 1 eps
2017 Series
7.5
Sneaky Pete
as Reverend Ethel Landry • 2 eps
2015 Series
7.7
Grace and Frankie
as Mrs. Hanson • 2 eps
2015 Series
6.8
Younger
as Belinda Lacroix • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.6
The Blacklist
as Lucy Game • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.3
Mom
as Claire • 1 eps
2013 Series
7.5
Ray Donovan
as Dolores • 2 eps
2013 Series
7.9
The Americans
as Betty Turner • 1 eps
2013 Series
8.0
Ruth & Erica
as Ruth • 7 eps
2012 Series
7.6
True Blood
as Adele Stackhouse • 14 eps
2008 Series
7.5
Army Wives
as Elsie • 1 eps
2007 Series
8.2
Grey's Anatomy
as Mrs. Dickerson • 1 eps
2005 Series
7.9
Desperate Housewives
as Allison Scavo • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.1
LAX
as Rose Sinclair • 1 eps
2004 Series
7.8
Cold Case
as Fannie • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Betty Bennett • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.6
The Hire
as Mother • 1 eps
2001 Series
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rebecca Tolliver • 1 eps
1999 Series