Lois Smith

Lois Smith

Acting

Born November 3, 1930 · Topeka, Kansas, USA

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, inc…

Known for

Grey's Anatomy

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

Law & Order

Law & Order

1990

The Blacklist

The Blacklist

2013

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives

2004

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

Frasier

Frasier

1993

ER

1994

Acting(135)

2025The Gettysburg AddressElizabeth Crawford (voice)

2025Lightning BugLydia

2025On the EndTrudie Ferreira

2025The UninvitedHelen

2024ElsbethDelores Feinn

2022Mack & RitaBetty

2022This FoolBeverly

2021The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening SunUpshur 'Maw' Clampette

2021Gossip GirlIris Lefferts

2021Law & Order: Organized CrimeDoris 'Mama' Boone

2020Uncle FrankAunt Butch

2020The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in AmericaHarper Pitt

2020TeslaThe Grande Dame

2019On Becoming a God in Central FloridaMimi Waldenstock

2018ImpulseDeirdre 'Dippy' Jones

20179JKLWrong Nana

2017Lady BirdSister Sarah Joan

2017Marjorie PrimeMarjorie

2016The ComedianMiriam

2016The Nice GuysMrs. Glenn

2015Sneaky PeteReverend Ethel Landry

2015Grace and FrankieMrs. Hanson

2015YoungerBelinda Lacroix

2015Run All NightMargaret Conlon

2014The AffairMrs. Gunther

2014Showing UpSelf

2013The Man Who Came Out Only at NightThe Youngest Daughter (later)

2013The BlacklistLucy Game

2013Ray DonovanDolores

2013The AmericansBetty Turner

2012Ruth & EricaRuth

2012The Odd Life of Timothy GreenAunt Mel

2010Please GiveMrs. Portman

2009A Dog YearLois Blair

2008KillshotLenore

2008True BloodAdele Stackhouse

2008Diminished CapacityBelle

2008Turn the RiverAbby

2007Army WivesElsie

2006Griffin & PhoenixDr. Imberman

2006HollywoodlandHelen Bessolo

2006Little FugitiveElizabeth

2005Sweet LandInge (as an older woman)

2005James Dean: Sense MemoriesSelf

2005Grey's AnatomyMrs. Dickerson

2004P.S.Ellie Silverstein

2004Desperate HousewivesAllison Scavo

2004LAXRose Sinclair

2004A Foreign AffairMa Adams

2004Iron Jawed AngelsReverend Anna Howard Shaw

2004The Best Thief in the WorldHelen

2003Cold CaseFannie

2003Red BetsyHelen Rounds

2002Minority ReportDr. Iris Hineman

2002The Laramie ProjectLucy Thompson

2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentBetty Bennett

2001Powder KegMother

2001The HireMother

2001The PledgeHelen Jackson

1999TumbleweedsGinger

1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRebecca Tolliver

1998A Will of their OwnMiss Maude

1998The EternalMrs. Ferriter

1997Hudson River BluesJulia

1997Just Shoot Me!Libby

1997The PracticeMary Beth Berluti

1996Larger Than LifeLuluna

1996TwisterAunt Meg

1995Dead Man WalkingHelen's Mother

1995How to Make an American QuiltSophia

1995TrumanMadge Wallace Gates

1994Touched by an AngelMildred Mancini

1994Holy MatrimonyOrna

1993FrasierMoira

1993Falling DownD-Fens' Mother

1993SkylarkLou Wheaton

1992Deadly Matrimony

1992The Donner Partyvoice

1992Keep the ChangeLureen

1992Hard PromisesMrs. Bell

1991Fried Green TomatoesMama Threadgoode

1991White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma ToddAlice Todd

1991Switched at BirthMargaret

1991The Grapes of WrathMa Joad

1991Coney Island(voice)

1991Good SportsMrs. Tannen

1990Green CardBrontë's Mother

1990Law & OrderEunice Varick

1988Hello Actors StudioSelf

1988American Experience(voice)

1988Midnight RunMrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend

1987thirtysomething

1987Fatal AttractionMartha

1987Black WidowSara

1985DoubletakeSarah

1985The Execution of Raymond GrahamMary Neal

1985Spenser: For Hire

1985The EqualizerMarie Ganucci

1985TwistedHelen Giles

1984RecklessMrs. Prescott

1983Reuben, ReubenMare Spofford

1983Rage of AngelsClara

1982American PlayhouseMa Joad

1981Four FriendsMrs. Carnahan

1981The House of MirthBertha Dorset

1980ResurrectionKathy

1980The Jilting of Granny WeatherallCornelia

1980FoxesMrs. Axman

1979Tales of the UnexpectedSara

1976Next Stop, Greenwich VillageAnita Cunningham

1972Up the SandboxElinore

1972Particular MenAnne Starr

1970Dragon CountryWoman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")

1970Five Easy PiecesPartita Dupea

1970The Way We Live NowJane Aldridge

1967Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good NightEvelyn

1966CBS PlayhouseEvelyn

1961Dr. KildareLibby Clayton

1961The DefendersEsther Terranova

1960The Master BuilderHilda

1959StartimeCindy

1958Naked CityDawn Garrison

1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee / Performer

1955Matinee Theater

1955Strange Lady in TownSpurs O'Brien

1955East of EdenAnne

1953The United States Steel HourJeannie

1953Letter to LorettaJenny Musgrave

1950Robert Montgomery Presents

1948Studio OneLisa Molloy

The Steel HarpHanna