Key facts
- Born
- Lois Arlene Humbert , ( 1930-11-03 ) November 3, 1930 (age 95) , Topeka, Kansas , U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1952–present
- Spouse
- Wesley Smith, ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1970 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lois
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Topeka
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Lois Smith at the 2017 International Film Festival Rotterdam.jpg
- Residence
- Topeka
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- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play
- date of birth
- 1930-11-03
- Commons category
- Lois Smith
- name in native language
- Lois Smith
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American actress whose career spans eight decades. 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), Falling Down (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead Man Walking (1995), Twister (1996), Minority Report (2002), The Nice Guys (2016), Lady Bird (2017), and The French Dispatch (2021).
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 won a Satellite Award. She has also had many roles on daytime and primetime television. She was a regular cast member in the HBO horror drama True Blood, and received a Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series nomination for The Americans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lois Smith” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.