The Nice Guys2016
As Mrs. Glenn
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Lois Smith
Born
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 (82)
Minority Report2002
As Dr. Iris Hineman
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Lady Bird2017
As Sister Sarah Joan
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Falling Down1993
As D-Fens' Mother
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Run All Night2015
As Margaret Conlon
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Twister1996
As Aunt Meg
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun2021
As Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Uninvited2025
As Helen
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Fatal Attraction1987
As Martha
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Midnight Run1988
As Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The Pledge2001
As Helen Jackson
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Fried Green Tomatoes1991
As Mama Threadgoode
TMDb 7.7 / 10
East of Eden1955
As Anne
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Hollywoodland2006
As Helen Bessolo
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Dead Man Walking1995
As Helen's Mother
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Tesla2020
As The Grande Dame
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Black Widow1987
As Sara
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Uncle Frank2020
As Aunt Butch
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Odd Life of Timothy Green2012
As Aunt Mel
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Killshot2008
As Lenore
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Green Card1990
As Brontë's Mother
TMDb 6.1 / 10
How to Make an American Quilt1995
As Sophia
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Comedian2016
As Miriam
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Holy Matrimony1994
As Orna
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Five Easy Pieces1970
As Partita Dupea
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Please Give2010
As Mrs. Portman
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Foxes1980
As Mrs. Axman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Coney Island1991
As (voice)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mack & Rita2022
As Betty
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Iron Jawed Angels2004
As Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Griffin & Phoenix2006
As Dr. Imberman
TMDb 7.1 / 10
P.S.2004
As Ellie Silverstein
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Larger Than Life1996
As Luluna
TMDb 5.5 / 10
A Dog Year2009
As Lois Blair
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Hello Actors Studio1988
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Reckless1984
As Mrs. Prescott
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Sweet Land2005
As Inge (as an older woman)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Red Betsy2003
As Helen Rounds
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Eternal1998
As Mrs. Ferriter
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Resurrection1980
As Kathy
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Showing Up2014
As Self
TMDb 9.2 / 10
Truman1995
As Madge Wallace Gates
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Gettysburg Address2025
As Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Diminished Capacity2008
As Belle
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Powder Keg2001
As Mother
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Four Friends1981
As Mrs. Carnahan
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Laramie Project2002
As Lucy Thompson
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Up the Sandbox1972
As Elinore
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Deadly Matrimony1992
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Hard Promises1992
As Mrs. Bell
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Best Thief in the World2004
As Helen
TMDb 4.6 / 10
The Grapes of Wrath1991
As Ma Joad
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Next Stop, Greenwich Village1976
As Anita Cunningham
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Tumbleweeds1999
As Ginger
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America2020
As Harper Pitt
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Strange Lady in Town1955
As Spurs O'Brien
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Particular Men1972
As Anne Starr
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Execution of Raymond Graham1985
As Mary Neal
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Marjorie Prime2017
As Marjorie
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Skylark1993
As Lou Wheaton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd1991
As Alice Todd
TMDb 7.5 / 10
A Foreign Affair2003
As Ma Adams
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Twisted1985
As Helen Giles
TMDb 4.9 / 10
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall1980
As Cornelia
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Roadie2012
As Mom
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Turn the River2008
As Abby
TMDb 5.3 / 10
James Dean: Sense Memories2005
As Self
The Donner Party1992
As voice
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth1981
As Bertha Dorset
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Little Fugitive2006
As Elizabeth, Social Worker
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Hudson River Blues1997
As Julia
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Reuben, Reuben1983
As Mare Spofford
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Doubletake1985
As Sarah
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Keep the Change1992
As Lureen
TMDb 7.0 / 10
On the End2025
As Trudie Ferreira
The Way We Live Now1970
As Jane Aldridge
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night2013
As The Youngest Daughter (later)
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night1967
As Evelyn
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Steel Harp
The Steel HarpRelease date TBA
As Hanna
Dragon Country1970
As Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Master Builder1960
As Hilda
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Lightning Bug2025
As Lydia
Filmography and biography: TMDb