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 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.

Most Known For

Grey's Anatomy

as Mrs. Dickerson

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Rebecca Tolliver

Law & Order

as Eunice Varick

The Blacklist

as Lucy Game

Desperate Housewives

as Allison Scavo

Frasier

as Moira

ER

as Gracie

Mom

as Claire

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Betty Bennett

True Blood

as Adele Stackhouse

The Americans

as Betty Turner

Cold Case

as Fannie

American Experience

as (voice)

The Practice

as Mary Beth Berluti

Younger

as Belinda Lacroix

Law & Order: Organized Crime

as Doris 'Mama' Boone

Ray Donovan

as Dolores

Grace and Frankie

as Mrs. Hanson

Studio One

as Lisa Molloy

The Equalizer

as Marie Ganucci