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Lois Smith

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11/3/1930, Topeka, Kansas, USA

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Lois Smith has been acting for more than a half-century. Her great breakout role was as a young prostitute opposite James Dean in East of Eden. She has been a staple in films since that time, appearing memorably in Five Easy Pieces and Minority Report. An accomplished stage…more

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Star (39)

Role
- The Odd Life of Timothy Green
  Aunt Mel
  2012
- Roadie
  Star
  2011
- True Blood
  Adele Hale Stackhouse (Gran)
  - S 1: Ep 12 You'll Be the Death of Me
    11/23/08
  - S 1: Ep 6 Cold Ground
    10/12/08
  - S 1: Ep 5 Sparks Fly Out
    10/5/08
  - S 1: Ep 4 Escape From Dragon House
    9/28/08
  - S 1: Ep 3 Mine
    9/21/08
  - + 2 More Credits
- True Blood
  Adele Hale Stackhouse (Gran) [Season 1]
- Diminished Capacity
  Star
  2008
- Turn the River
  Star
  2007
- Hollywoodland
  Helen Bessolo
  2006
- Griffin & Phoenix
  Star
  2006
- Black Widow
  Star
  2005
- Sweet Land
  Star
  2005
- The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
  Star
  2005
- Little Fugitive
  Star
  2005
- 2 Brothers & a Bride
  Star
  2004
- P.S.
  Star
  2004
- Minority Report
  Dr. Iris Hineman
  2002
- The Pledge
  Star
  2001
- Tumbleweeds
  Star
  1999
- Twister
  Meg Greene
  1996
- Larger Than Life
  Luluna
  1996
- Dead Man Walking
  Helen's Mother
  1995
- True Stories
  Voice
  - S 7: Ep 3 The Donner Party
    5/20/93
- Falling Down
  Mrs. Foster
  1993
- Hard Promises
  Star
  1992
- Good Sports
  Mrs. Tanner
  - S 1: Ep 15 A Class Act
    7/13/91
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Return of Nick
    7/6/91
  - S 1: Ep 13 Bobby and Gayle Go On a Date
    6/22/91
  - S 1: Ep 12 Love Means Never Having to Say You're Happy
    6/15/91
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Moody Blues Swing
    6/8/91
  - + 10 More Credits
- Switched at Birth (1991)
  Margaret
- Fried Green Tomatoes
  Mama Threadgoode
  1991
- Fatal Attraction
  Martha
  1987
- Black Widow
  Star
  1987
- Reckless
  Star
  1984
- Roadie
  Star
  1980
- Somerset
  Zoe Matson Cannell (1972-1974)
  - S 2: Ep 9 September(1976)
    9/1/76
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village
  Anita
  1976
- Five Easy Pieces
  Star
  1970
- A Dog Year
  Star
- The Eternal
  Star
- The Way We Live Now
  Star
- Another World
  Ella Fitz (1982 - 1983)
  - S 6: Ep 2 Ep. #1278
    7/1/69
  - S 6: Ep 1 Ep. #1277
    6/30/69
  - S 5: Ep 22 Ep. #1014
    6/10/68
  - S 5: Ep 21 Ep. #1013
    6/7/68
  - S 5: Ep 20 Ep. #1012
    6/6/68
  - + 153 More Credits
- The Doctors (1963)
  Star
  - — A March For Three Lovers
    8/12/63
  - — Sugar and Spice
- East of Eden: Special Edition
  Anne
  1955
Recurring Role (1)

Role
- True Blood
  Adele Hale Stackhouse (Gran)
  - S 4: Ep 12 And When I Die
    9/11/11
Guest Star (46)

Role
- Desperate Housewives
  Allison Scavo
  - S 7: Ep 6 Excited and Scared
    10/31/10
  - S 7: Ep 5 Let Me Entertain You
    10/24/10
- Army Wives
  Elise
  - S 3: Ep 15 As Time Goes By
    9/20/09
- ER
  Gracie
  - S 13: Ep 15 Dying Is Easy...
    2/8/07
  - S 13: Ep 14 Murmurs of the Heart
    2/1/07
  - S 13: Ep 13 A House Divided
    1/11/07
  - S 13: Ep 12 Breach of Trust
    1/4/07
- Grey's Anatomy
  Mrs. Dickinson
  - S 3: Ep 9 From A Whisper to a Scream
    11/23/06
- Law & Order
  Mrs. Varick
  - S 15: Ep 22 Sport of Kings
    5/4/05
- Cold Case
  Fannie (2004)
  - S 2: Ep 2 Factory Girls
    10/10/04
- LAX
  Rose Sinclair
  - S 1: Ep 4 Credible Threat
    10/4/04
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
  Elizabeth Bennett
  - S 3: Ep 16 The Saint
    3/14/04
- One Life to Live
  Betsy Cramer
  - S 36: Ep 156 Ep. #9106
    2/24/04
  - S 36: Ep 155 Ep. #9105
    2/23/04
  - S 36: Ep 128 Ep. #9078
    1/15/04
  - S 36: Ep 122 Ep. #9072
    1/7/04
- Cold Case
  Fannie
- Touched by an Angel
  Mildred
  - S 9: Ep 1 A Rock and a Hard Place
    9/28/02
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Rebecca Tolliver
  - S 3: Ep 22 Competence
    5/10/02
- Going to California
  Beatrice Graf
  - S 1: Ep 6 Apocalypse Cow
    9/6/01
- Just Shoot Me!
  Libby
  - S 4: Ep 21 When Nina Met Her Parents
    4/27/00
- The Practice
  Mary Beth Berluti
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Civil Right
    12/20/97
- Frasier
  Moira
  - S 4: Ep 15 Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein are Dead
    3/11/97
- thirtysomething
  Marjorie Warren
  - S 4: Ep 17 The Wedding
    4/9/91
- Spenser: For Hire
  Elsie
  - S 3: Ep 21 Haunting
    5/7/88
- The Equalizer
  Dorothy Hermes
  - S 2: Ep 19 Coal Black Soul
    5/6/87
- The Equalizer
  Marie
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Confirmation Day
    10/23/85
- Tales of the Unexpected
  Sara
  - S 7: Ep 3 Proxy
    5/26/84
- The ABC Afterschool Special
  Margaret
  - S 10: Ep 5 The Unforgivable Secret
    2/10/82
- CBS Playhouse
  Evelyn
  - S 1: Ep 2 Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
    10/17/67
- Route 66
  Lucy Brown
  - S 4: Ep 18 Who in His Right Mind Needs a Nice Girl
    2/7/64
- Dr. Kildare
  Libby Clayton
  - S 2: Ep 32 To Each His Prison
    5/23/63
- Route 66
  Brycie Koseloff
  - S 3: Ep 12 Only by Cunning Glimpses
    12/7/62
- The Defenders (1961)
  Esther Terranova
  - S 2: Ep 10 The Invisible Badge
    11/24/62
- Route 66
  Dana
  - S 2: Ep 23 Go Read the River
    3/16/62
- Route 66
  Anna
  - S 1: Ep 30 Incident on a Bridge
    6/16/61
- Loretta Young Show
  Jenny Musgrave
  - S 8: Ep 21 When Queens Ride By
    3/12/61
- Route 66
  Unknown
- The DuPont Show Of The Month
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 1 Men in White
    9/30/60
- The Play of the Week
  Hilde Wangel
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Master Builder
    3/21/60
- The Play of the Week
  Julie
  - S 1: Ep 16 Strindberg on Love
    1/25/60
- Ford Startime
  Cindy
  - S 1: Ep 11 Cindy's Fella
    12/15/59
- The Play of the Week
  Guest Star
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 11: Ep 15 scheduled: Jose Ferrer & Lois Smith; David Seville; Rise Stevens
    12/21/58
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 145 The Cause
    5/12/58
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Reluctant Heiress
    9/27/57
- Matinee Theatre
  Molly Morgan
  - S 3: Ep 2 Molly Morgan
    9/3/57
- The United States Steel Hour
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 22 Noon on Doomsday
    4/25/56
- The United States Steel Hour
  Jeannie
  - S 3: Ep 14 Bring Me a Dream
    1/4/56
- Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 16 The Second Day of Christmas
    12/26/55
- Justice (1954)
  unknown
  - S 3: Ep 9 The Girl Without A Name
    11/27/55
- Star Tonight
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 8 A Matter of Life
    3/24/55
  - S 1: Ep 4 How Beautiful the Shoes
    2/24/55
- Studio One
  Barbara Sparling
  - S 6: Ep 30 Jack Sparling, Forty-Six
    4/12/54
- Kraft Television Theatre (1953)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 6 The Apple Tree
    11/19/53

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Great actress.

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By gracielove, Nov 15, 2012

Even her age can't slow her down.
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