Acting
Lois Smith
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.
Filmography
The Uninvited
Film · 2025
The Gettysburg Address
Film · 2025
Lightning Bug
Film · 2025
On the End
Film · 2025
Elsbeth
Series · 2024
Mack & Rita
Film · 2022
This Fool
Series · 2022
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Film · 2021
Gossip Girl
Series · 2021
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Series · 2021
Uncle Frank
Film · 2020
Tesla
Film · 2020
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Film · 2020
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
Series · 2019
Impulse
Series · 2018
Marjorie Prime
Film · 2017
Lady Bird
Film · 2017
9JKL
Series · 2017
The Nice Guys
Film · 2016
The Comedian
Film · 2016
Run All Night
Film · 2015
Younger
Series · 2015
Grace and Frankie
Series · 2015
Sneaky Pete
Series · 2015
Showing Up
Film · 2014
The Affair
Series · 2014
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Film · 2013
Mom
Series · 2013
Ray Donovan
Series · 2013
The Blacklist
Series · 2013
The Americans
Series · 2013
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Film · 2012
Roadie
Film · 2012
Ruth & Erica
Series · 2012
Please Give
Film · 2010
A Dog Year
Film · 2009
Turn the River
Film · 2008
Diminished Capacity
Film · 2008
Killshot
Film · 2008
True Blood
Series · 2008
Army Wives
Series · 2007
Hollywoodland
Film · 2006
Little Fugitive
Film · 2006
Little Fugitive
Film · 2006
Griffin & Phoenix
Film · 2006
Sweet Land
Film · 2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
Film · 2005
Grey's Anatomy
Series · 2005
P.S.
Film · 2004
Iron Jawed Angels
Film · 2004
The Best Thief in the World
Film · 2004
LAX
Series · 2004
Desperate Housewives
Series · 2004
Red Betsy
Film · 2003
A Foreign Affair
Film · 2003
Cold Case
Series · 2003
Minority Report
Film · 2002
The Laramie Project
Film · 2002
Powder Keg
Film · 2001
The Pledge
Film · 2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Series · 2001
The Hire
Series · 2001
Tumbleweeds
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
The Eternal
Film · 1998
A Will of their Own
Series · 1998
Hudson River Blues
Film · 1997
Just Shoot Me!
Series · 1997
The Practice
Series · 1997
Twister
Film · 1996
Larger Than Life
Film · 1996
Dead Man Walking
Film · 1995
How to Make an American Quilt
Film · 1995
Truman
Film · 1995
Holy Matrimony
Film · 1994
Touched by an Angel
Series · 1994
ER
Series · 1994
Skylark
Film · 1993
Falling Down
Film · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
The Donner Party
Film · 1992
Hard Promises
Film · 1992
Deadly Matrimony
Film · 1992
Keep the Change
Film · 1992
Fried Green Tomatoes
Film · 1991
Coney Island
Film · 1991
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Film · 1991
The Grapes of Wrath
Film · 1991
Good Sports
Series · 1991
Switched at Birth
Series · 1991
Green Card
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Hello Actors Studio
Film · 1988
Midnight Run
Film · 1988
American Experience
Series · 1988
Black Widow
Film · 1987
Fatal Attraction
Film · 1987
thirtysomething
Series · 1987
Twisted
Film · 1985
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Film · 1985
Doubletake
Film · 1985
Spenser: For Hire
Series · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
The Equalizer
Series · 1985
Reckless
Film · 1984
Reuben, Reuben
Film · 1983
Rage of Angels
Series · 1983
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
The House of Mirth
Film · 1981
Four Friends
Film · 1981
Resurrection
Film · 1980
Foxes
Film · 1980
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Film · 1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Film · 1976
Particular Men
Film · 1972
Up the Sandbox
Film · 1972
Five Easy Pieces
Film · 1970
Dragon Country
Film · 1970
The Way We Live Now
Film · 1970
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Film · 1967
CBS Playhouse
Series · 1966
Dr. Kildare
Series · 1961
The Defenders
Series · 1961
The Master Builder
Film · 1960
Route 66
Series · 1960
Route 66
Series · 1960
Route 66
Series · 1960
Startime
Series · 1959
Naked City
Series · 1958
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
East of Eden
Film · 1955
Strange Lady in Town
Film · 1955
Matinee Theater
Series · 1955
Letter to Loretta
Series · 1953
The United States Steel Hour
Series · 1953
Robert Montgomery Presents
Series · 1950
Studio One
Series · 1948
The Steel Harp
Film