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 131
Movies 81
TV Shows 50
self 5
Voice 3

The Gettysburg Address (2025)

The French Dispatch (2021)

Gossip Girl (2021)

Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021)

Uncle Frank (2020)

Tesla (2020)

On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)

Impulse (2018)

9JKL (2017)

Lady Bird (2017)

Marjorie Prime (2017)

The Comedian (2016)

The Nice Guys (2016)

Sneaky Pete (2015)

Grace and Frankie (2015)

Younger (2015)

Run All Night (2015)

Mom (2013)

The Blacklist (2013)

Ray Donovan (2013)

The Americans (2013)

Please Give (2010)

A Dog Year (2009)

True Blood (2008)

Diminished Capacity (2008)

Griffin & Phoenix (2006)

Hollywoodland (2006)

Little Fugitive (2006)

Sweet Land (2005)

Grey's Anatomy (2005)

P.S. (2004)

Desperate Housewives (2004)

LAX (2004)

Iron Jawed Angels (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)

Eye of God (1997)

Twister (1996)

Dead Man Walking (1995)

Truman (1995)

Touched by an Angel (1994)

ER (1994)

Frasier (1993)

Falling Down (1993)

Skylark (1993)

The Donner Party (1992)

Hard Promises (1992)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Switched at Birth (1991)

Coney Island (1991)

Green Card (1990)

Law & Order (1990)

Midnight Run (1988)

Doubletake (1985)

The Equalizer (1985)

Twisted (1985)

Reckless (1984)

Reuben, Reuben (1983)

Four Friends (1981)

The House of Mirth (1981)

Foxes (1980)

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)

Dr. Kildare (1961)

The Defenders (1961)

Route 66 (1960)

Naked City (1958)

Tony Awards (1956)

Strange Lady in Town (1955)

Letter to Loretta (1953)

Studio One (1948)

The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1930-11-03 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceTopeka, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
ResidencesTopeka, United States of America
Also Known AsLois Arlene Humbert, Lois Arlene Smith
AwardsLucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress
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