Personal Info
Known Credits
80
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1930-11-03 (95 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Topeka, Kansas, USA
Also Known For
Lois Arlene HumbertLois Arlene Smith
Lois Smith
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 lead ...
Acting
2025 --
The Gettysburg Address
| Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
2024 --
The Uninvited
| Helen
2022 --
Mack & Rita
| Betty
2021 --
The French Dispatch
| Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
2020 --
Uncle Frank
| Aunt Butch
2020 --
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
| Harper Pitt
2020 --
Tesla
| The Grande Dame
2017 --
Lady Bird
| Sister Sarah Joan
2017 --
Marjorie Prime
| Marjorie
2016 --
The Comedian
| Miriam
2016 --
The Nice Guys
| Mrs. Glenn
2015 --
Run All Night
| Margaret Conlon
2014 --
Showing Up
| Self
2013 --
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
| The Youngest Daughter (later)
2012 --
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
| Aunt Mel
2012 --
Roadie
| Mom
2010 --
Please Give
| Mrs. Portman
2009 --
A Dog Year
| Lois Blair
2008 --
Diminished Capacity
| Belle
2008 --
Turn the River
| Abby
2006 --
Griffin & Phoenix
| Dr. Imberman
2006 --
Hollywoodland
| Helen Bessolo
2006 --
Little Fugitive
| Social Worker
2006 --
Little Fugitive
| Elizabeth
2005 --
Sweet Land
| Inge (as an older woman)
2005 --
James Dean: Sense Memories
| Self
2004 --
P.S.
| Ellie Silverstein
2004 --
Iron Jawed Angels
| Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
2004 --
The Best Thief in the World
| Helen
2003 --
Red Betsy
| Helen Rounds
2002 --
Minority Report
| Dr. Iris Hineman [The Greenhouse]
2002 --
The Laramie Project
| Lucy Thompson
2001 --
Powder Keg
| Mother
2001 --
The Pledge
| Helen Jackson
1999 --
Tumbleweeds
| Ginger
1998 --
The Eternal
| Mrs. Ferriter
1997 --
Hudson River Blues
|
1996 --
Larger Than Life
| Luluna
1996 --
Twister
| Aunt Meg
1995 --
Dead Man Walking
| Helen's Mother
1995 --
How to Make an American Quilt
| Sophia
1995 --
Truman
| Madge Wallace Gates
1994 --
Holy Matrimony
| Orna
1993 --
Falling Down
| D-Fens' Mother
1993 --
Skylark
| Lou Wheaton
1992 --
Deadly Matrimony
|
1992 --
The Donner Party
| voice
1992 --
Keep the Change
| Lureen
1992 --
Hard Promises
| Mrs. Bell
1991 --
Fried Green Tomatoes
| Mama Threadgoode
1991 --
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
| Alice Todd
1991 --
Switched at Birth
| Margaret
1991 --
The Grapes of Wrath
| Ma Joad
1991 --
Coney Island
| (voice)
1990 --
Green Card
| Brontë's Mother
1988 --
Hello Actors Studio
| Self
1988 --
Midnight Run
| Mrs. Nelson
1987 --
Fatal Attraction
| Martha
1987 --
Black Widow
| Sara
1985 --
Doubletake
| Sarah
1985 --
The Execution of Raymond Graham
| Mary Neal
1985 --
Twisted
| Helen Giles
1984 --
Reckless
| Mrs. Prescott
1983 --
Reuben, Reuben
| Mare Spofford
1981 --
Four Friends
| Mrs. Carnahan
1981 --
The House of Mirth
| Bertha Dorset
1980 --
Resurrection
| Kathy
1980 --
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
| Cornelia
1980 --
Foxes
| Mrs. Axman
1976 --
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
| Anita Cunningham
1972 --
Up the Sandbox
| Elinore
1972 --
Particular Men
|
1970 --
Five Easy Pieces
| Partita Dupea
1970 --
The Way We Live Now
| Jane Aldridge
1970 --
Dragon Country
| Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
1967 --
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
| Evelyn
1960 --
The Master Builder
| Hilda
1955 --
Strange Lady in Town
| Spurs O'Brien
1955 --
East of Eden
| Anne