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Lois Smith

Lois Smith

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

03/11/1930

Age

95 years old

Place of Birth

Topeka, Kansas, USA

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 (... Read More

Known For

Minority Report

Minority Report

East of Eden

East of Eden

Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland

Twister

Twister

Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

Holy Matrimony

Holy Matrimony

Sweet Land

Sweet Land

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

P.S.

P.S.

Filmography

Cast

2025

The Uninvited

as Helen

2014

Showing Up

as Self

2012

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

as Aunt Mel

2012

Roadie

as Mom

2010

Please Give

as Mrs. Portman

2009

A Dog Year

as Lois Blair

2008

Turn the River

as Abby

2006

Hollywoodland

as Helen Bessolo

2006

Little Fugitive

as Elizabeth

2006

Little Fugitive

as Social Worker

2005

Sweet Land

as Inge (as an older woman)

2005

James Dean: Sense Memories

as Self

2004

P.S.

as Ellie Silverstein

2004

Iron Jawed Angels

as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw

2004

The Best Thief in the World

as Helen

2003

Red Betsy

as Helen Rounds

2002

Minority Report

as Dr. Iris Hineman

2002

The Laramie Project

as Lucy Thompson

1998

The Eternal

as Mrs. Ferriter

1996

Twister

as Aunt Meg

1995

Dead Man Walking

as Helen's Mother

1995

How to Make an American Quilt

as Sophia

1994

Holy Matrimony

as Orna

1993

Falling Down

as D-Fens' Mother

1993

Skylark

as Lou Wheaton

1992

The Donner Party

as voice

1991

Fried Green Tomatoes

as Mama Threadgoode

1991

Coney Island

as (voice)

1988

Hello Actors Studio

as Self

1987

Black Widow

as Sara

1985

Doubletake

as Sarah

1985

The Execution of Raymond Graham

as Mary Neal

1985

Twisted

as Helen Giles

1976

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

as Anita Cunningham

1970

Five Easy Pieces

as Partita Dupea

1970

Dragon Country

as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain...

1967

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

as Evelyn

1955

Strange Lady in Town

as Spurs O'Brien

1955

East of Eden

as Anne

2025

The Gettysburg Address

as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)

2022

Mack & Rita

as Betty

2021

The French Dispatch

as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette

2020

Uncle Frank

as Aunt Butch

2020

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angel...

as Harper Pitt

2020

Tesla

as The Grande Dame

2017

Lady Bird

as Sister Sarah Joan

2017

Marjorie Prime

as Marjorie

2016

The Comedian

as Miriam

2016

The Nice Guys

as Mrs. Glenn

2015

Run All Night

as Margaret Conlon

2013

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

as The Youngest Daughter (later)

2008

Diminished Capacity

as Belle

2006

Griffin & Phoenix

as Dr. Imberman

2001

Powder Keg

as Mother

2001

The Pledge

as Helen Jackson

1999

Tumbleweeds

as Ginger

1997

Hudson River Blues

1996

Larger Than Life

as Luluna

1995

Truman

as Madge Wallace Gates

1992

Deadly Matrimony

1992

Keep the Change

as Lureen

1992

Hard Promises

as Mrs. Bell

1991

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thel...

as Alice Todd

1991

Switched at Birth

as Margaret

1991

The Grapes of Wrath

as Ma Joad

1990

Green Card

as Brontë's Mother

1988

Midnight Run

as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend

1987

Fatal Attraction

as Martha

1984

Reckless

as Mrs. Prescott

1983

Reuben, Reuben

as Mare Spofford

1981

Four Friends

as Mrs. Carnahan

1981

The House of Mirth

as Bertha Dorset

1980

Resurrection

as Kathy

1980

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

as Cornelia

1980

Foxes

as Mrs. Axman

1972

Up the Sandbox

as Elinore

1972

Particular Men

1970

The Way We Live Now

as Jane Aldridge

1960

The Master Builder

as Hilda

Crew

1997

Eye of God

as Thanks