Lois Arlene Smith (born Lois Humbert on November 3, 1930 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American actress.
She is perhaps best known for her roles in East of Eden, Twister, Minority Report, and Lady Bird.
She was married to Wesley Dale Smith and they have one child.
In 2021, she became the oldest performer to win a Tony Award at the age of 90.
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Film Roles
- East of Eden as Anne
- Strange Lady In Town as Spurs O'Brien
- The Way We Live Now as Jane Aldrige
- Five Easy Pieces as Partita Dupea
- Particular Men as Anne Starr (TV Movie)
- Up The Sandbox as Elinore
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Anita Cunningham
- Foxes as Mrs. Axman
- Resurrection (1980) as Kathy
- Four Friends as Mrs. Carnahan
- Rage Of Angels as Clara (TV Movie)
- Reuben Reuben as Mare Spofford
- Reckless as Mrs. Prescott
- Twisted as Helen Giles
- Black Widow (1987) as Sara
- Fatal Attraction as Martha
- Midnight Run as Mrs. Nelson
- Green Card as Bronte's Mom
- Hard Promises as Mrs. Bell
- Fried Green Tomatoes as mama Threadgoode
- Keep The Change 1992 as Lureen (TV Movie)
- Skylark as Lou Wheaton (TV Movie)
- Falling Down as D-Fens' Mother
- Holy Matrimony as Orna
- Truman as Madge Wallace Gates (TV Movie)
- How to Make an American Quilt as Sophia
- Dead Man Walking as Helen's Mother
- Twister as Meg Greene
- Larger than Life as Luluna
- Hudson River Blues as Julia
- The Eternal as Mrs. Ferriter
- Tumbleweeds 1999 as Ginger
- The Pledge as Helen Jackson
- The Laramie Project as Lucy Thompson (TV Movie)
- Minority Report as Dr. Iris Hineman
- A Foreign Affair as Ma Adams
- Red Betsy as Helen Rounds
- Iron Jawed Angels as Anna Shaw (TV Movie)
- The Best Thief In The World as Helen
- The Pledge as Gary Jackson's mother
- PS as Ellie Silverstein
- Sweet Land as Old Inge
- Little Fugitive as Social Worker
- Hollywoodland as Helen Bessolo
- Griffin And Phoenix as Dr. Imberman
- Turn The River as Abby
- Diminished Capacity as Belle Tyke
- Killshot as Lenore
- A Dog Year as Lois Blair
- Please Give as Mrs. Portman
- Roadie as Mom
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green as Aunt Mel
- Run All Night as Margaret Conlon
- The Nice Guys as Mrs. Glenn
- The Comedian as Miriam
- Marjorie Prime as Marjorie
- Lady Bird as Sister Sarah Joan
- Uncle Frank as Aunt Butch
- Tesla as The Grande Dame
- The French Dispatch as Upshur "Maw" Clampette
Television Roles
- Studio One In Hollywood as Barbara Sparling (1 episode)
- Justice (1 episode)
- Matinee Theatre (2 episodes)
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Actor (1 episode)
- The Loretta Young Show as Jenny Musgrave (1 episode)
- Naked City as Dawn Garrison (1 episode)
- The Defenders (1961) as Esther Terranova (1 episode)
- Dr. Kildare as Libby Clayton (1 episode)
- Route 66 as various (4 episodes)
- Somerset as Zoe Cannell (1972-1974)
- The Doctors as Eleanor Conrad (1975-1977)
- Another World as Ella Fitz (2 episodes)
- The Edge of Night as Mrs. Oakes (7 episodes)
- Tales of the Unexpected as Sara (1 episode)
- American Masters as Anne Sullivan (1 episode)
- The Equalizer as Dorothy Hermes/Marie Ganucci (2 episodes)
- Spenser For Hire as Elsie (1 episode)
- American Playhouse as Ma Joad (1 episode)
- thirtysomething as Mrs. Warren (1 episode)
- Frasier as Moira (1 episode)
- The Practice as Mary Beth Berluti (1 episode)
- Just Shoot Me! as Libby (1 episode)
- Going To California as Beatrice Graf (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Rebecca Tolliver (1 episode)
- Touched by an Angel as Mildred Mancini (1 episode)
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Betty Bennett (1 episode)
- LAX as Rose Sinclair (1 episode)
- Cold Case as Fannie (1 episode)
- One Life to Live as Betsy "Aunt Betsy" Cramer (2003-2004)
- Law & Order as Mrs. Varick (1 episode)
- Grey's Anatomy as Mrs. Dickerson (1 episode)
- ER as Gracie (4 episodes)
- Army Wives as Elsie (1 episode)
- Desperate Housewives as Allison Scavo (2 episodes)
- True Blood as Adele Stackhouse (12 episodes)
- The Americans as Betty Turner (1 episode)
- The Affair as Mrs. Gunther (1 episode)
- Grace and Frankie as Mrs. Hanson (2 episodes)
- Younger as Belinda Lacroix (1 episode)
- Sneaky Pete as Rev. Ethel Landry (2 episodes)
- Impulse as Deidre "Dippy" Jones (1 episode)
- The Village 2019 as Velma (1 episode)
- Mom as Claire (1 episode)
- The Son as Jeanne Anne McCullough (5 episodes)
- On Becoming a God in Central Florida as Mimi Waldenstock (2 episodes)
- Ray Donovan as Dolores (4 episodes)
