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TV Shows
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Lois Smith
Nov 03, 1930 (94 years old) in Topeka, Kansas, USA
Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Grey's Anatomy
Law & Order
The Blacklist
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Credits
2025 ·
The Gettysburg Address
as Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
2025 ·
The Uninvited
as Helen
2022 ·
Mack & Rita
as Betty
2022 ·
This Fool
as Beverly
2021 ·
The French Dispatch
as Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
2021 ·
Gossip Girl
as Iris Lefferts
2021 ·
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Doris 'Mama' Boone
2020 ·
Uncle Frank
as Aunt Butch
2020 ·
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
as Harper Pitt
2020 ·
Tesla
as The Grande Dame
2019 ·
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
as Mimi Waldenstock
2018 ·
Impulse
as Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
2017 ·
9JKL
as Wrong Nana
2017 ·
Lady Bird
as Sister Sarah Joan
2017 ·
Marjorie Prime
as Marjorie
2016 ·
The Comedian
as Miriam
2016 ·
The Nice Guys
as Mrs. Glenn
2015 ·
Sneaky Pete
as Reverend Ethel Landry
2015 ·
Grace and Frankie
as Mrs. Hanson
2015 ·
Younger
as Belinda Lacroix
2015 ·
Run All Night
as Margaret Conlon
2014 ·
Showing Up
as Self
2013 ·
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
as The Youngest Daughter (later)
2013 ·
Mom
as Claire
2013 ·
The Blacklist
as Lucy Game
2013 ·
Ray Donovan
as Dolores
2013 ·
The Americans
as Betty Turner
2012 ·
Ruth & Erica
as Ruth
2012 ·
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
as Aunt Mel
2012 ·
Roadie
as Mom
2010 ·
Please Give
as Mrs. Portman
2009 ·
A Dog Year
as Lois Blair
2008 ·
True Blood
as Adele Stackhouse
2008 ·
Diminished Capacity
as Belle
2008 ·
Turn the River
as Abby
2006 ·
Griffin & Phoenix
as Dr. Imberman
2006 ·
Hollywoodland
as Helen Bessolo
2006 ·
Little Fugitive
as Elizabeth
2006 ·
Little Fugitive
as Social Worker
2005 ·
Sweet Land
as Inge (as an older woman)
2005 ·
James Dean: Sense Memories
as Self
2005 ·
Grey's Anatomy
as Mrs. Dickerson
2004 ·
P.S.
as Ellie Silverstein
2004 ·
Desperate Housewives
as Allison Scavo
2004 ·
LAX
as Rose Sinclair
2004 ·
Iron Jawed Angels
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
2004 ·
The Best Thief in the World
as Helen
2003 ·
Cold Case
as Fannie
2003 ·
Red Betsy
as Helen Rounds
2002 ·
Minority Report
as Dr. Iris Hineman [The Greenhouse]
2002 ·
The Laramie Project
as Lucy Thompson
2001 ·
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Betty Bennett
2001 ·
Powder Keg
as Mother
2001 ·
The Hire
as Mother
2001 ·
The Pledge
as Helen Jackson
1999 ·
Tumbleweeds
as Ginger
1999 ·
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rebecca Tolliver
1998 ·
A Will of their Own
as Miss Maude
1998 ·
The Eternal
as Mrs. Ferriter
1997 ·
Hudson River Blues
as
1997 ·
The Practice
as
1997 ·
Just Shoot Me!
as Libby
1996 ·
Larger Than Life
as Luluna
1996 ·
Twister
as Aunt Meg
1995 ·
Dead Man Walking
as Helen's Mother
1995 ·
How to Make an American Quilt
as Sophia
1995 ·
Truman
as Madge Wallace Gates
1994 ·
Touched by an Angel
as Mildred Mancini
1994 ·
ER
as Gracie
1994 ·
Holy Matrimony
as Orna
1993 ·
Frasier
as Moira
1993 ·
Falling Down
as D-Fens' Mother
1993 ·
Skylark
as Lou Wheaton
1992 ·
Deadly Matrimony
as
1992 ·
The Donner Party
as voice
1992 ·
Keep the Change
as Lureen
1992 ·
Hard Promises
as Mrs. Bell
1991 ·
Fried Green Tomatoes
as Mama Threadgoode
1991 ·
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
as Alice Todd
1991 ·
Switched at Birth
as Margaret
1991 ·
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad
1991 ·
Coney Island
as (voice)
1991 ·
Good Sports
as
1990 ·
Green Card
as Brontë's Mother
1990 ·
Law & Order
as Eunice Varick
1988 ·
Hello Actors Studio
as Self
1988 ·
American Experience
as (voice)
1988 ·
Midnight Run
as Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend
1987 ·
thirtysomething
as
1987 ·
Fatal Attraction
as Martha
1987 ·
Black Widow
as Sara
1985 ·
Doubletake
as Sarah
1985 ·
The Execution of Raymond Graham
as Mary Neal
1985 ·
Spenser: For Hire
as
1985 ·
The Equalizer
as Marie Ganucci
1985 ·
The Equalizer
as Dorothy Hermes
1985 ·
Twisted
as Helen Giles
1984 ·
Reckless
as Mrs. Prescott
1983 ·
Reuben, Reuben
as Mare Spofford
1983 ·
Rage of Angels
as Clara
1981 ·
Four Friends
as Mrs. Carnahan
1981 ·
The House of Mirth
as Bertha Dorset
1980 ·
Resurrection
as Kathy
1980 ·
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
as Cornelia
1980 ·
Foxes
as Mrs. Axman
1979 ·
Tales of the Unexpected
as Sara
1976 ·
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
as Anita Cunningham
1972 ·
Up the Sandbox
as Elinore
1972 ·
Particular Men
as
1970 ·
Five Easy Pieces
as Partita Dupea
1970 ·
The Way We Live Now
as Jane Aldridge
1970 ·
Somerset
as Zoe Cannell
1970 ·
Dragon Country
as Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
1967 ·
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
as Evelyn
1966 ·
CBS Playhouse
as
1961 ·
Dr. Kildare
as Libby Clayton
1961 ·
The Defenders
as Esther Terranova
1960 ·
Route 66
as
1960 ·
Route 66
as Dana
1960 ·
Route 66
as Lucy Brown
1960 ·
The Master Builder
as Hilda
1959 ·
Startime
as
1958 ·
Naked City
as Dawn Garrison
1956 ·
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956 ·
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee/Performer
1955 ·
Matinee Theater
as
1955 ·
Strange Lady in Town
as Spurs O'Brien
1955 ·
East of Eden
as Anne
1953 ·
The United States Steel Hour
as Jeannie
1953 ·
Letter to Loretta
as Jenny Musgrave
1950 ·
Robert Montgomery Presents
as
1948 ·
Studio One
as Lisa Molloy
2025 ·
The Steel Harp
as
