10.0
10.0
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
as Harper Pitt
Lois Smith
Acting
N/A
CommunityBiographyvia wikipedia
Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American actress whose career spans eight decades. 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), Falling Down (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead Man Walking (1995), Twister (1996), Minority Report (2002), The Nice Guys (2016), Lady Bird (2017), and The French Dispatch (2021). 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 won a Satellite Award. She has also had many roles on daytime and primetime television. She was a regular cast member in the HBO horror drama True Blood, and received a 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. A three-time Tony Award nominee, she won the 2020 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in The Inheritance, becoming the oldest performer to win a Tony Award for acting. She also received Tony nominations for her performances in The Grapes of Wrath (1990) and Buried Child (1996). She 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. She is an ensemble member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007 for her outstanding contributions to the theatre. In 2013, she received a Lifetime Achievement Obie Award for excellence in Off-Broadway performances. She has taught, directed, and written for the stage.
Filmography (74 movies)
9.2
9.2
Showing Up
2014
as Self
7.7
7.7
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
as Mama Threadgoode
7.6
7.6
Truman
1995
as Madge Wallace Gates
7.5
7.5
East of Eden
1955
as Anne
7.4
7.4
Falling Down
1993
as D-Fens' Mother
7.3
7.3
Minority Report
2002
as Dr. Iris Hineman
7.3
7.3
Dead Man Walking
1995
as Helen's Mother
7.3
7.3
Uncle Frank
2020
as Aunt Butch
7.2
7.2
Skylark
1993
as Lou Wheaton
7.2
7.2
Lady Bird
2017
as Sister Sarah Joan
7.1
7.1
The Nice Guys
2016
as Mrs. Glenn
7.1
7.1
Griffin & Phoenix
2006
as Dr. Imberman
7.1
7.1
Five Easy Pieces
1970
as Partita Dupea
7.0
7.0
The French Dispatch
2021
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
7.0
7.0
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
as Aunt Mel
6.8
6.8
Fatal Attraction
1987
as Martha
6.8
6.8
The Donner Party
1992
as voice
6.8
6.8
Powder Keg
2001
as Mother
6.8
6.8
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
6.6
6.6
The Pledge
2001
as Helen Jackson
6.5
6.5
Twister
1996
as Aunt Meg
6.4
6.4
Resurrection
1980
as Kathy
6.4
6.4
Run All Night
2015
as Margaret Conlon
6.4
6.4
Tumbleweeds
1999
as Ginger
6.4
6.4
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
as Mary Neal
6.4
6.4
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
as Sophia
6.3
6.3
Sweet Land
2005
as Inge (as an older woman)
6.3
6.3
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
as Anita Cunningham
6.2
6.2
The Laramie Project
2002
as Lucy Thompson
6.2
6.2
Reuben, Reuben
1983
as Mare Spofford
6.2
6.2
Please Give
2010
as Mrs. Portman
6.1
6.1
Black Widow
1987
as Sara
6.1
6.1
Green Card
1990
as Brontë's Mother
6.1
6.1
Marjorie Prime
2017
as Marjorie
6.1
6.1
A Dog Year
2009
as Lois Blair
6.1
6.1
Hollywoodland
2006
as Helen Bessolo
6.0
6.0
Keep the Change
1992
as Lureen
6.0
6.0
Coney Island
1991
as (voice)
6.0
6.0
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991
as Alice Todd
5.9
5.9
Foxes
1980
as Mrs. Axman
5.8
5.8
The Uninvited
2025
as Helen
5.8
5.8
Roadie
2012
as Mom
5.7
5.7
Little Fugitive
2006
as Elizabeth
5.7
5.7
The Comedian
2016
as Miriam
5.6
5.6
Reckless
1984
as Mrs. Prescott
5.6
5.6
Diminished Capacity
2008
as Belle
5.6
5.6
P.S.
2004
as Ellie Silverstein
5.5
5.5
Larger Than Life
1996
as Luluna
5.5
5.5
Hard Promises
1992
as Mrs. Bell
5.5
5.5
Mack & Rita
2022
as Betty
5.3
5.3
Turn the River
2008
as Abby
5.3
5.3
Deadly Matrimony
1992
5.2
5.2
Holy Matrimony
1994
as Orna
5.0
5.0
Dragon Country
1970
as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
4.9
4.9
Twisted
1985
as Helen Giles
4.6
4.6
The Eternal
1998
as Mrs. Ferriter
4.5
4.5
Doubletake
1985
as Sarah
4.5
4.5
Strange Lady in Town
1955
as Spurs O'Brien
4.2
4.2
The Best Thief in the World
2004
as Helen
4.0
4.0
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980
as Cornelia
Lightning Bug
2025
as Lydia
Particular Men
1972
The Grapes of Wrath
1991
as Ma Joad
Hudson River Blues
1997
The Steel Harp
TBA
as Hanna
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967
as Evelyn
On the End
2025
as Trudie Ferreira
The Master Builder
1960
as Hilda
The House of Mirth
1981
as Bertha Dorset
Red Betsy
2003
as Helen Rounds
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013
as The Youngest Daughter (later)
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
as Self
The Way We Live Now
1970
as Jane Aldridge
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