Lois Smith
Acting
Born: 1930-11-03 · 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 (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 lead
🎬 Movies (20)
The Gettysburg Address
2025
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
Lightning Bug
2025
Lydia
On the End
2025
Trudie Ferreira
The Uninvited
2025
Helen
Mack & Rita
2022
Betty
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
Uncle Frank
2020
Aunt Butch
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
Harper Pitt
Tesla
2020
The Grande Dame
Lady Bird
2017
Sister Sarah Joan
Marjorie Prime
2017
Marjorie
The Comedian
2016
Miriam
The Nice Guys
2016
Mrs. Glenn
Run All Night
2015
Margaret Conlon
Showing Up
2014
Self
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013
The Youngest Daughter (later)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
Aunt Mel
Roadie
2012
Mom
Please Give
2010
Mrs. Portman
A Dog Year
2009
Lois Blair
📺 TV Shows (20)
Elsbeth
2024
Delores Feinn
This Fool
2022
Beverly
Gossip Girl
2021
Iris Lefferts
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021
Doris 'Mama' Boone
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019
Mimi Waldenstock
Impulse
2018
Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
9JKL
2017
Wrong Nana
Sneaky Pete
2015
Reverend Ethel Landry
Grace and Frankie
2015
Mrs. Hanson
Younger
2015
Belinda Lacroix
The Affair
2014
Mrs. Gunther
Mom
2013
Claire
The Blacklist
2013
Lucy Game
Ray Donovan
2013
Dolores
The Americans
2013
Betty Turner
Ruth & Erica
2012
Ruth
True Blood
2008
Adele Stackhouse
Army Wives
2007
Elsie
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Mrs. Dickerson
Desperate Housewives
2004
Allison Scavo