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Lois Smith

English
Filmography

Lady Bird

2017
as Sister Sarah Joan

Twister

1996
as Meg Greene

The French Dispatch

2021
as Clampette

The Nice Guys

2016
as Mrs. Glenn

Minority Report

2002
as Dr. Iris Hineman

The Odd Life of Timothy Green

2012
as Aunt Mel

Run All Night

2015
as Margaret Conlon

Uncle Frank

2020
as Aunt Butch

Fried Green Tomatoes

1991
as Mama Threadgoode

Falling Down

1993
as Mrs. Foster / William's Mother

Fatal Attraction

1987
as Martha

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall

1980
as Cornelia

Truman

1995
as Madge Wallace Gates

Sweet Land

2005
as Inge (as an older woman)

Twisted

1986
as Helen Giles

Hard Promises

1991
as Mrs. Bell

Roadie

2011
as Mom

The Laramie Project

2002

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976
as Anita Cunningham

Red Betsy

2003
as Helen Rounds

Marjorie Prime

2017
as Marjorie

Five Easy Pieces

1970
as Partita Dupea

Reuben, Reuben

1983
as Mare Spofford

White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd

1991
as Alice Todd

Green Card

1990
as Brontë's Mother

Foxes

1980
as Madge's Mom

Tumbleweeds

1999
as Ginger

East of Eden

1955
as Anne

Dead Man Walking

1995
as Helen's Mother

Skylark

1993
as Lou Wheaton

Iron Jawed Angels

2004
as Reverend Anna Howard Shaw

Resurrection

1980
as Kathy

Strange Lady in Town

1955
as Spurs O'Brien

The Comedian

2016
as Miriam

The Execution of Raymond Graham

1985
as Mary Neal

Showing Up

2014
as Herself

Please Give

2010
as Mrs. Portman

The Best Thief In The World

2004
as Helen

A Dog Year

2009
as Lois Blair

The Eternal

1998
as Mrs. Ferriter

The Master Builder

1960
as Hilda

Little Fugitive

2006
as Elizabeth

The Donner Party

1992
as (voice)

Turn the River

2008
as Abby

James Dean: Sense Memories

2005
as Lois Smith

P.S.

2004
as Ellie Silverstein

The Way We Live Now

1970
as Jane Aldridge

Holy Matrimony

1994
as Orna

Powder Keg

2001
as Mother

Black Widow

1987
as Sara

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

2013

Particular Men

1972

How to Make an American Quilt

1995
as Sophia

Hollywoodland

2006
as Helen Bessolo

Griffin & Phoenix

2006
as Dr. Imberman

Dragon Country

1970

Guest Star

Episode Frasier
Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead 		1997
Episode True Blood
Sparks Fly Out 		2008
Episode Route 66
Only by Cunning Glimpses 		1962
Episode Route 66
Incident on a Bridge 		1961
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Peggy Siegal, Lois Smith 		1989
Episode The Hire
Powder Keg 		2001
Episode Law & Order: Criminal Intent
The Saint 		2004
Episode The Village (2019)
Pilot 		2019
Episode Grey's Anatomy
From a Whisper to a Scream 		2006
Episode Route 66
Go Read the River 		1962
Episode True Blood
Cold Ground 		2008
Episode ER
A House Divided 		2007
Episode Dr. Kildare
To Each His Prison 		1963
Episode The Defenders
The Invisible Badge 		1962
Episode ER
Murmurs of the Heart 		2007
Episode Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Competence 		2002
Episode ER
Breach of Trust 		2007
Episode One Life to Live
Ep. #9072 		2004
Episode Younger
In the Pink 		2017
Episode Tales of the Unexpected
Proxy 		1984
Episode ER
Dying Is Easy… 		2007
Episode The Equalizer
Coal Black Soul 		1987
Episode The Practice
The Civil Right 		1997
Episode Just Shoot Me!
When Nina Met Her Parents 		2000
Episode Naked City
Strike a Statue 		1962
Episode Cold Case
Factory Girls 		2004
Episode Thirtysomething
The Wedding 		1991
Episode Route 66
Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl 		1964
Episode One Life to Live
Ep. #9106 		2004
Episode 9JKL
Make Thanksgiving Great Again 		2017
Episode The Equalizer
The Confirmation Day 		1985
Episode Spenser: For Hire
Haunting 		1988