
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lois Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Play · 2006
- Lucille Lortel Award — Outstanding Lead Actress · 2006
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1970
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Actress in a Play · 2006 · nominated
- Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture · 1996 · nominated
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- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1996 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Featured Actress in a Play · 1990 · nominated
- National Society of Film Critics Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1970 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles

Grey's Anatomy

Hudson River Blues

Coney Island

Law & Order: Organized Crime

The Americans

Desperate Housewives

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Cold Case

ER

Grace and Frankie

The Practice

Frasier

Fried Green Tomatoes

Impulse

The Blacklist

True Blood

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Sneaky Pete

Ray Donovan

Army Wives

East of Eden

This Fool

Minority Report

Falling Down

Gossip Girl: Next Gen (2021)

Uncle Frank

Mom

Dead Man Walking

Law & Order

Lady Bird

Touched by an Angel

Midnight Run

The Nice Guys

Griffin & Phoenix

Five Easy Pieces

The French Dispatch

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Donner Party

Younger

Spenser: For Hire

Iron Jawed Angels

Fatal Attraction

Tales of the Unexpected

Elsbeth

The Affair

Route 66

The Pledge

Just Shoot Me!

Twister

American Experience