Lois Smith
Acting
Born November 3, 1930
From Topeka, Kansas, USA
Also known as Lois Arlene Humbert, Lois Arlene Smith, Lois Humbert
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 (...
Filmography
The Gettysburg Address
Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
2025
Lightning Bug
Lydia
2025
On the End
Trudie Ferreira
2025
The Uninvited
Helen
20255.7
Mack & Rita
Betty
20225.5
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
20217.0
Uncle Frank
Aunt Butch
20207.3
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Harper Pitt
202010.0
Tesla
The Grande Dame
20205.8
Lady Bird
Sister Sarah Joan
20177.3
Marjorie Prime
Marjorie
20176.1
The Comedian
Miriam
20165.7
The Nice Guys
Mrs. Glenn
20167.1
Run All Night
Margaret Conlon
20156.4
Showing Up
Self
20149.2
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
The Youngest Daughter (later)
2013
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Aunt Mel
20127.0
Roadie
Mom
20125.8
Please Give
Mrs. Portman
20106.2
A Dog Year
Lois Blair
20096.1
Diminished Capacity
Belle
20085.6
Turn the River
Abby
20085.3
Griffin & Phoenix
Dr. Imberman
20067.1
Hollywoodland
Helen Bessolo
20066.1
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Little Fugitive
Elizabeth
20066.5
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Little Fugitive
Social Worker
20066.5
Sweet Land
Inge (as an older woman)
20056.3
James Dean: Sense Memories
Self
2005
P.S.
Ellie Silverstein
20045.6
Iron Jawed Angels
Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
20046.8
The Best Thief in the World
Helen
20044.6
Red Betsy
Helen Rounds
20039.0
Minority Report
Dr. Iris Hineman
20027.4
The Laramie Project
Lucy Thompson
20026.3
Powder Keg
Mother
20016.9
The Pledge
Helen Jackson
20016.6
Tumbleweeds
Ginger
19996.4
The Eternal
Mrs. Ferriter
19984.8
Hudson River Blues
19978.0
Larger Than Life
Luluna
19965.5
Twister
Aunt Meg
19966.6
Dead Man Walking
Helen's Mother
19957.3
How to Make an American Quilt
Sophia
19956.4
Truman
Madge Wallace Gates
19957.7
Holy Matrimony
Orna
19945.3
Falling Down
D-Fens' Mother
19937.4
Skylark
Lou Wheaton
19937.0
Deadly Matrimony
19925.6
The Donner Party
voice
19927.0
Keep the Change
Lureen
19927.0
Hard Promises
Mrs. Bell
19925.8
Fried Green Tomatoes
Mama Threadgoode
19917.7
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
Alice Todd
19917.5
The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
199110.0
Coney Island
(voice)
19918.0
Green Card
Brontë's Mother
19906.1
Hello Actors Studio
Self
19886.7
Midnight Run
Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
19887.2
Fatal Attraction
Martha
19876.8
Black Widow
Sara
19876.2
Doubletake
Sarah
19855.0
The Execution of Raymond Graham
Mary Neal
19856.6
Twisted
Helen Giles
19854.9
Reckless
Mrs. Prescott
19845.8
Reuben, Reuben
Mare Spofford
19836.4
Four Friends
Mrs. Carnahan
19816.8
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The House of Mirth
Bertha Dorset
19818.0
Resurrection
Kathy
19806.5
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Cornelia
19804.0
Foxes
Mrs. Axman
19806.0
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Anita Cunningham
19766.4
Up the Sandbox
Elinore
19725.9
Particular Men
19728.0
Dragon Country
Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
19706.5
Five Easy Pieces
Partita Dupea
19707.1
The Way We Live Now
Jane Aldridge
19709.0
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
Evelyn
196710.0
The Master Builder
Hilda
196010.0
Strange Lady in Town
Spurs O'Brien
19554.9
East of Eden
Anne
19557.5
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The Steel Harp
Hanna
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