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Lois Smith

Cast & creator

Lois Smith

1930-11-03 (age 95) Topeka, Kansas, USAIMDb

Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order, Grey's Anatomy

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.

Also known as: Lois Arlene Humbert, Lois Arlene Smith, Lois Humbert

Movies

84

film credits

Series

57

television credits

Career

140

1948–2025 · acting roles

Credit score

6.8

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Rebecca Tolliver · 1999

Law & Order

Law & Order

Eunice Varick · 1990

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Mrs. Dickerson · 2005

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

Lucy Game · 2013

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Betty Bennett · 2001

Across film & television

Filmography (141)

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Showing 141 of 141 credits

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Rebecca Tolliver

Law & Order

Law & Order

Eunice Varick

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

Mrs. Dickerson

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

Lucy Game

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Betty Bennett

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

Allison Scavo

Frasier

Frasier

Moira

ER

Gracie

The Practice

The Practice

Mary Beth Berluti

Cold Case

Cold Case

Fannie

Touched by an Angel

Touched by an Angel

Mildred Mancini

American Playhouse

American Playhouse

Ma Joad

American Experience

American Experience

(voice)

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee / Performer

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Nominee

True Blood

True Blood

Adele Stackhouse

Mom

Mom

Claire

The Americans

The Americans

Betty Turner

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

Law & Order: Organized Crime

Law & Order: Organized Crime

Doris 'Mama' Boone

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare

Libby Clayton

Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

Army Wives

Army Wives

Elsie

Elsbeth

Elsbeth

Delores Feinn

Naked City

Naked City

Dawn Garrison

Studio One

Studio One

Lisa Molloy

Younger

Younger

Belinda Lacroix

Ray Donovan

Ray Donovan

Dolores

The Defenders

The Defenders

Esther Terranova

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Sara

Grace and Frankie

Grace and Frankie

Mrs. Hanson

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Marie Ganucci

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

Dorothy Hermes

Route 66

Route 66

Route 66

Route 66

Dana

Route 66

Route 66

Lucy Brown

The Affair

The Affair

Mrs. Gunther

Sneaky Pete

Sneaky Pete

Reverend Ethel Landry

Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me!

Libby

thirtysomething

thirtysomething

Impulse

Impulse

Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones

Gossip Girl

Gossip Girl

Iris Lefferts

The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour

Jeannie

Minority Report

Minority Report

Dr. Iris Hineman

Spenser: For Hire

Spenser: For Hire

The Nice Guys

The Nice Guys

Mrs. Glenn

Lady Bird

Lady Bird

Sister Sarah Joan

Startime

Startime

Cindy

East of Eden

East of Eden

Anne

Falling Down

Falling Down

D-Fens' Mother

LAX

LAX

Rose Sinclair

Run All Night

Run All Night

Margaret Conlon

This Fool

This Fool

Beverly

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun

Upshur 'Maw' Clampette

Twister

Twister

Aunt Meg

CBS Playhouse

Evelyn

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

On Becoming a God in Central Florida

Mimi Waldenstock

Letter to Loretta

Letter to Loretta

Jenny Musgrave

Midnight Run

Midnight Run

Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend

Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

Mama Threadgoode

Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction

Martha

The Hire

The Hire

Mother

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

Aunt Mel

Dead Man Walking

Dead Man Walking

Helen's Mother

Good Sports

Good Sports

Mrs. Tannen

9JKL

9JKL

Wrong Nana

The Pledge

The Pledge

Helen Jackson

Ruth & Erica

Ruth & Erica

Ruth

A Will of their Own

A Will of their Own

Miss Maude

Black Widow

Black Widow

Sara

Larger Than Life

Larger Than Life

Luluna

Five Easy Pieces

Five Easy Pieces

Partita Dupea

Tesla

Tesla

The Grande Dame

How to Make an American Quilt

How to Make an American Quilt

Sophia

Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland

Helen Bessolo

The Uninvited

The Uninvited

Helen

Rage of Angels

Rage of Angels

Clara

Green Card

Green Card

Brontë's Mother

Uncle Frank

Uncle Frank

Aunt Butch

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

Lucy Thompson

P.S.

P.S.

Ellie Silverstein

Killshot

Killshot

Lenore

Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth

Margaret

Griffin & Phoenix

Griffin & Phoenix

Dr. Imberman

Holy Matrimony

Holy Matrimony

Orna

Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

Reverend Anna Howard Shaw

Mack & Rita

Mack & Rita

Betty

The Comedian

The Comedian

Miriam

The Eternal

The Eternal

Mrs. Ferriter

A Dog Year

A Dog Year

Lois Blair

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Anita Cunningham

Please Give

Please Give

Mrs. Portman

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

Cornelia

Diminished Capacity

Diminished Capacity

Belle

Marjorie Prime

Marjorie Prime

Marjorie

Showing Up

Showing Up

Self

The Execution of Raymond Graham

The Execution of Raymond Graham

Mary Neal

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

Ma Joad

Coney Island

Coney Island

(voice)

The Gettysburg Address

The Gettysburg Address

Elizabeth Crawford (voice)

Eye of God

Eye of God

Thanks

Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town

Spurs O'Brien

Four Friends

Four Friends

Mrs. Carnahan

Reckless

Reckless

Mrs. Prescott

Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio

Self

Sweet Land

Sweet Land

Inge (as an older woman)

Turn the River

Turn the River

Abby

Up the Sandbox

Up the Sandbox

Elinore

Red Betsy

Red Betsy

Helen Rounds

Particular Men

Particular Men

Anne Starr

Foxes

Foxes

Mrs. Axman

The Donner Party

The Donner Party

voice

A Foreign Affair

A Foreign Affair

Ma Adams

James Dean: Sense Memories

James Dean: Sense Memories

Self

Deadly Matrimony

Deadly Matrimony

The Best Thief in the World

The Best Thief in the World

Helen

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America

Harper Pitt

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Evelyn

Powder Keg

Powder Keg

Mother

Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds

Ginger

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

Alice Todd

Resurrection

Resurrection

Kathy

Hard Promises

Hard Promises

Mrs. Bell

Truman

Truman

Madge Wallace Gates

Hudson River Blues

Hudson River Blues

Julia

The House of Mirth

Bertha Dorset

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

The Youngest Daughter (later)

Roadie

Roadie

Mom

Doubletake

Doubletake

Sarah

Skylark

Skylark

Lou Wheaton

The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now

Jane Aldridge

Keep the Change

Keep the Change

Lureen

Reuben, Reuben

Reuben, Reuben

Mare Spofford

Twisted

Twisted

Helen Giles

Dragon Country

Dragon Country

Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")

On the End

On the End

Trudie Ferreira

The Steel Harp

Hanna

Little Fugitive

Little Fugitive

Elizabeth

Little Fugitive

Little Fugitive

Social Worker

The Master Builder

The Master Builder

Hilda

Lightning Bug

Lightning Bug

Lydia