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.
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Filmography
All 119
Movies 75
TV Shows 44
Self 4
Voice 3

Mack & Rita (2022)

The French Dispatch (2021)

Gossip Girl (2021)

Uncle Frank (2020)

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America (2020)

Tesla (2020)

On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)

9JKL (2017)

Lady Bird (2017)

Marjorie Prime (2017)

The Comedian (2016)

The Nice Guys (2016)

Sneaky Pete (2015)

Younger (2015)

Run All Night (2015)

The Gettysburg Address (2015)

Showing Up (2014)

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night (2013)

The Blacklist (2013)

Mom (2013)

Ray Donovan (2013)

The Americans (2013)

The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

Roadie (2012)

Please Give (2010)

A Dog Year (2009)

True Blood (2008)

Turn the River (2008)

Griffin & Phoenix (2006)

Hollywoodland (2006)

Little Fugitive (2006)

Sweet Land (2005)

Grey's Anatomy (2005)

P.S. (2004)

LAX (2004)

Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

The Best Thief in the World (2004)

Cold Case (2003)

Red Betsy (2003)

A Foreign Affair (2003)

Minority Report (2002)

The Laramie Project (2002)

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001)

Powder Keg (2001)

The Hire (2001)

The Pledge (2001)

Tumbleweeds (1999)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)

A Will of their Own (1998)

The Eternal (1998)

Hudson River Blues (1997)

The Practice (1997)

Just Shoot Me! (1997)

Twister (1996)

Dead Man Walking (1995)

How to Make an American Quilt (1995)

Truman (1995)

Touched by an Angel (1994)

ER (1994)

Holy Matrimony (1994)

Frasier (1993)

Falling Down (1993)

Skylark (1993)

Deadly Matrimony (1992)

The Donner Party (1992)

Keep the Change (1992)

Hard Promises (1992)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd (1991)

Switched at Birth (1991)

The Grapes of Wrath (1991)

Coney Island (1991)

Good Sports (1991)

Green Card (1990)

Law & Order (1990)

Hello Actors Studio (1988)

American Experience (1988)

Midnight Run (1988)

thirtysomething (1987)

Fatal Attraction (1987)

Black Widow (1987)

Twisted (1986)

Doubletake (1985)

The Execution of Raymond Graham (1985)

Spenser: For Hire (1985)

The Equalizer (1985)

Reckless (1984)

Reuben, Reuben (1983)

Rage of Angels (1983)

Four Friends (1981)

The House of Mirth (1981)

Resurrection (1980)

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980)

Foxes (1980)

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)

Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)

Up the Sandbox (1972)

Particular Men (1972)

Five Easy Pieces (1970)

The Way We Live Now (1970)

Somerset (1970)

Dragon Country (1970)

CBS Playhouse (1966)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

The Defenders (1961)

Route 66 (1960)

The Master Builder (1960)

Startime (1959)

Naked City (1958)

Tony Awards (1956)

Matinee Theater (1955)

Strange Lady in Town (1955)

East of Eden (1955)

The United States Steel Hour (1953)

Letter to Loretta (1953)

Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

Studio One (1948)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

The Uninvited
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Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1930-11-03 (93 years old)
Place of birthTopeka, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesTopeka, United States of America
Also known asLois Arlene Humbert, Lois Arlene Smith
AwardsDrama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
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