Lois Smith
Born November 03, 1930 (Age: 95)
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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 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.
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.
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Filmography
Mack & Rita
2022
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as Betty
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Age: 91
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021
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as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
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Age: 90
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020
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as Harper Pitt
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Age: 89
Tesla
2020
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as The Grande Dame
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Age: 89
Lady Bird
2017
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as Sister Sarah Joan
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Age: 86
The Nice Guys
2016
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as Mrs. Glenn
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Age: 85
Run All Night
2015
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as Margaret Conlon
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Age: 84
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012
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as Aunt Mel
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Age: 81
Please Give
2010
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as Mrs. Portman
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Age: 79
Hollywoodland
2006
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as Helen Bessolo
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Age: 75
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005
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as Self
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Age: 74
P.S.
2004
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as Ellie Silverstein
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Age: 73
Minority Report
2002
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as Dr. Iris Hineman
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Age: 71
The Laramie Project
2002
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as Lucy Thompson
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Age: 71
The Pledge
2001
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as Helen Jackson
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Age: 70
Tumbleweeds
1999
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as Ginger
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Age: 69
The Eternal
1998
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as Mrs. Ferriter
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Age: 67
Hudson River Blues
1997
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as
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Age: 67
Larger Than Life
1996
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as Luluna
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Age: 65
Twister
1996
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as Aunt Meg
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Age: 65
Dead Man Walking
1995
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as Helen's Mother
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Age: 65
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
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as Sophia
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Age: 64
Holy Matrimony
1994
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as Orna
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Age: 63
Falling Down
1993
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as D-Fens' Mother
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Age: 62
Skylark
1993
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as Lou Wheaton
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Age: 62
Deadly Matrimony
1992
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as
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Age: 62
The Donner Party
1992
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as voice
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Age: 61
Keep the Change
1992
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as Lureen
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Age: 61
Hard Promises
1992
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as Mrs. Bell
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Age: 61
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
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as Mama Threadgoode
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Age: 61
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991
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as Alice Todd
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Age: 60
The Grapes of Wrath
1991
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as Ma Joad
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Age: 60
Coney Island
1991
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as (voice)
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Age: 60
Green Card
1990
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as Brontë's Mother
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Age: 60
Hello Actors Studio
1988
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as Self
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Age: 58
Midnight Run
1988
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as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
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Age: 57
Fatal Attraction
1987
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as Martha
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Age: 56
Black Widow
1987
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as Sara
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Age: 56
Doubletake
1985
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as Sarah
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Age: 55
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985
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as Mary Neal
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Age: 55
Twisted
1985
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as Helen Giles
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Age: 54
Reckless
1984
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as Mrs. Prescott
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Age: 53
Four Friends
1981
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as Mrs. Carnahan
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Age: 51
No Image
The House of Mirth
1981
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as Bertha Dorset
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Age: 50
Resurrection
1980
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as Kathy
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Age: 49
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980
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as Cornelia
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Age: 49
Foxes
1980
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as Mrs. Axman
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Age: 49
Up the Sandbox
1972
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as Elinore
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Age: 42
Particular Men
1972
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as
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Age: 41
Five Easy Pieces
1970
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as Partita Dupea
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Age: 39
The Way We Live Now
1970
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as Jane Aldridge
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Age: 39
The Master Builder
1960
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as Hilda
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Age: 29
Strange Lady in Town
1955
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as Spurs O'Brien
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Age: 24
East of Eden
1955
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as Anne
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Age: 24