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Lois Smith

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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born3 November 1930 (age 95)
  • Place of BirthTopeka, Kansas, USA

Lois Smith

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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.

  • Known ForActing
  • Born3 November 1930 (age 95)
  • Place of BirthTopeka, Kansas, USA
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The Uninvited
star
5.8
2025
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The Gettysburg Address
star
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2025
Poster
Mack & Rita
star
5.515
2022
Poster
The French Dispatch
star
7.028
2021
Poster
Uncle Frank
star
7.321
2020
Poster
Tesla
star
5.836
2020
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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
star
10.0
2020
Poster
Marjorie Prime
star
6.144
2017
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Lady Bird
star
7.3
2017
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The Nice Guys
star
7.125
2016
Poster
The Comedian
star
5.705
2016
Poster
Run All Night
star
6.423
2015
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Showing Up
star
9.2
2014
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The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
star
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2013
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
star
6.999
2012
Poster
Roadie
star
5.7
2012
Poster
Please Give
star
6.183
2010
Poster
A Dog Year
star
6.2
2009
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Turn the River
star
5.309
2008
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Diminished Capacity
star
5.382
2008
Poster
Hollywoodland
star
6.074
2006
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Little Fugitive
star
5.667
2006
Poster
Griffin & Phoenix
star
7.136
2006
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Sweet Land
star
6.4
2005
Poster
James Dean: Sense Memories
star
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2005
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P.S.
star
5.6
2004
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Iron Jawed Angels
star
6.9
2004
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The Best Thief in the World
star
4.4
2004
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Red Betsy
star
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2003
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Minority Report
star
7.351
2002
Poster
The Laramie Project
star
6.333
2002
Poster
Powder Keg
star
6.831
2001
Poster
The Pledge
star
6.571
2001
Poster
Tumbleweeds
star
6.5
1999
Poster
The Eternal
star
4.34
1998
Poster
Hudson River Blues
star
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1997
Poster
Twister
star
6.5
1996
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Larger Than Life
star
5.5
1996
Poster
Dead Man Walking
star
7.319
1995
Poster
How to Make an American Quilt
star
6.4
1995
Poster
Truman
star
7.6
1995
Poster
Holy Matrimony
star
5.3
1994
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Skylark
star
7.184
1993
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Falling Down
star
7.39
1993
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The Donner Party
star
6.8
1992
Poster
Hard Promises
star
5.4
1992
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Deadly Matrimony
star
5.286
1992
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Keep the Change
star
6.0
1992
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Fried Green Tomatoes
star
7.705
1991
Poster
Coney Island
star
6.0
1991
Poster
Switched at Birth
star
6.571
1991
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White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
star
6.0
1991
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The Grapes of Wrath
star
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1991
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Green Card
star
6.123
1990
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Hello Actors Studio
star
6.0
1988
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Midnight Run
star
7.195
1988
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Black Widow
star
6.163
1987
Poster
Fatal Attraction
star
6.84
1987
Poster
Twisted
star
5.1
1985
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The Execution of Raymond Graham
star
6.444
1985
Poster
Doubletake
star
5.2
1985
Poster
Reckless
star
5.8
1984
Poster
Reuben, Reuben
star
6.5
1983
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The House of Mirth
star
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1981
Poster
Four Friends
star
6.9
1981
Poster
Resurrection
star
6.5
1980
Poster
Foxes
star
5.9
1980
Poster
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
star
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1980
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village
star
6.408
1976
Poster
Particular Men
star
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1972
Poster
Up the Sandbox
star
5.775
1972
Poster
Five Easy Pieces
star
7.1
1970
Poster
Dragon Country
star
5.0
1970
Poster
The Way We Live Now
star
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1970
Poster
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
star
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1967
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The Master Builder
star
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1960
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East of Eden
star
7.6
1955
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Strange Lady in Town
star
4.5
1955