Lois Smith: movies and TV shows
Lois Smith has 139 credits in the archive: 82 films and 57 TV series, from 1948 to 2025. Highest rated: Grey's Anatomy (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1948 – 2025 · busiest year: 1985 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Gettysburg Address | Elizabeth Crawford (voice) | Film | — | 94 |
| 2025 | The Uninvited | Helen | Film | 5.7 | 94 |
| 2025 | On the End | Trudie Ferreira | Film | — | 94 |
| 2025 | Lightning Bug | Lydia | Film | — | 94 |
| 2024 | Elsbeth | Delores Feinn | TV | 6.7 | 93 |
| 2022 | This Fool | Beverly | TV | 7.4 | 91 |
| 2022 | Mack & Rita | Betty | Film | 5.5 | 91 |
| 2021 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Doris 'Mama' Boone | TV | 7.9 | 90 |
| 2021 | Gossip Girl | Iris Lefferts | TV | 7.3 | 90 |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun | Upshur 'Maw' Clampette | Film | 7.0 | 90 |
| 2020 | Tesla | The Grande Dame | Film | 5.8 | 89 |
| 2020 | Uncle Frank | Aunt Butch | Film | 7.3 | 89 |
| 2020 | The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America | Harper Pitt | Film | 10.0 | 89 |
| 2019 | On Becoming a God in Central Florida | Mimi Waldenstock | TV | 6.6 | 88 |
| 2018 | Impulse | Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones | TV | 7.6 | 87 |
| 2017 | Lady Bird | Sister Sarah Joan | Film | 7.3 | 86 |
| 2017 | Marjorie Prime | Marjorie | Film | 6.1 | 86 |
| 2017 | 9JKL | Wrong Nana | TV | 6.2 | 86 |
| 2016 | The Nice Guys | Mrs. Glenn | Film | 7.1 | 85 |
| 2016 | The Comedian | Miriam | Film | 5.7 | 85 |
| 2015 | Younger | Belinda Lacroix | TV | 6.8 | 84 |
| 2015 | Sneaky Pete | Reverend Ethel Landry | TV | 7.5 | 84 |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Mrs. Hanson | TV | 7.7 | 84 |
| 2015 | Run All Night | Margaret Conlon | Film | 6.4 | 84 |
| 2014 | The Affair | Mrs. Gunther | TV | 6.7 | 83 |
| 2014 | Showing Up | Self | Film | 9.2 | 83 |
| 2013 | The Blacklist | Lucy Game | TV | 7.6 | 82 |
| 2013 | Mom | Claire | TV | 7.3 | 82 |
| 2013 | Ray Donovan | Dolores | TV | 7.5 | 82 |
| 2013 | The Americans | Betty Turner | TV | 7.9 | 82 |
| 2013 | The Man Who Came Out Only at Night | The Youngest Daughter (later) | Film | — | 82 |
| 2012 | The Odd Life of Timothy Green | Aunt Mel | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 2012 | Ruth & Erica | Ruth | TV | 8.0 | 81 |
| 2012 | Roadie | Mom | Film | 5.8 | 81 |
| 2010 | Please Give | Mrs. Portman | Film | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2009 | A Dog Year | Lois Blair | Film | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2008 | True Blood | Adele Stackhouse | TV | 7.6 | 77 |
| 2008 | Diminished Capacity | Belle | Film | 5.6 | 77 |
| 2008 | Turn the River | Abby | Film | 5.3 | 77 |
| 2007 | Army Wives | Elsie | TV | 7.5 | 76 |
| 2006 | Hollywoodland | Helen Bessolo | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 2006 | Griffin & Phoenix | Dr. Imberman | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2006 | Little Fugitive | Elizabeth | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2006 | Little Fugitive | Social Worker | Film | 6.5 | 75 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Mrs. Dickerson | TV | 8.2 | 74 |
| 2005 | Sweet Land | Inge (as an older woman) | Film | 6.3 | 74 |
| 2005 | James Dean: Sense Memories | Self | Film | — | 74 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Allison Scavo | TV | 7.9 | 73 |
| 2004 | LAX | Rose Sinclair | TV | 7.3 | 73 |
| 2004 | Iron Jawed Angels | Reverend Anna Howard Shaw | Film | 6.8 | 73 |
| 2004 | P.S. | Ellie Silverstein | Film | 5.6 | 73 |
| 2004 | The Best Thief in the World | Helen | Film | 4.6 | 73 |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Fannie | TV | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2003 | Red Betsy | Helen Rounds | Film | 9.0 | 72 |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Dr. Iris Hineman | Film | 7.4 | 71 |
| 2002 | The Laramie Project | Lucy Thompson | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Betty Bennett | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2001 | The Hire | Mother | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Helen Jackson | Film | 6.6 | 70 |
| 2001 | Powder Keg | Mother | Film | 6.9 | 70 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Rebecca Tolliver | TV | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1999 | Tumbleweeds | Ginger | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 1998 | The Eternal | Mrs. Ferriter | Film | 4.8 | 67 |
| 1998 | A Will of their Own | Miss Maude | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 1997 | The Practice | Mary Beth Berluti | TV | 7.7 | 66 |
| 1997 | Just Shoot Me! | Libby | TV | 6.6 | 66 |
| 1997 | Eye of God | Film | 5.8 | 66 | |
| 1997 | Hudson River Blues | Film | 8.0 | 66 | |
| 1996 | Twister | Aunt Meg | Film | 6.6 | 65 |
| 1996 | Larger Than Life | Luluna | Film | 5.5 | 65 |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Helen's Mother | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1995 | How to Make an American Quilt | Sophia | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 1995 | Truman | Madge Wallace Gates | Film | 7.7 | 64 |
| 1994 | ER | Gracie | TV | 7.8 | 63 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Mildred Mancini | TV | 7.2 | 63 |
| 1994 | Holy Matrimony | Orna | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 1993 | Frasier | Moira | TV | 7.7 | 62 |
| 1993 | Falling Down | D-Fens' Mother | Film | 7.4 | 62 |
| 1993 | Skylark | Lou Wheaton | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1992 | Deadly Matrimony | Film | 5.6 | 61 | |
| 1992 | The Donner Party | voice | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1992 | Keep the Change | Lureen | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1992 | Hard Promises | Mrs. Bell | Film | 5.8 | 61 |
| 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Mama Threadgoode | Film | 7.7 | 60 |
| 1991 | Good Sports | Mrs. Tannen | TV | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1991 | Switched at Birth | Margaret | TV | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1991 | Coney Island | (voice) | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1991 | The Grapes of Wrath | Ma Joad | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1991 | White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd | Alice Todd | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Eunice Varick | TV | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1990 | Green Card | Brontë's Mother | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1988 | American Experience | (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1988 | Midnight Run | Mrs. Nelson, Mardukas's Friend | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Self | Film | 6.7 | 57 |
| 1987 | thirtysomething | TV | 6.3 | 56 | |
| 1987 | Fatal Attraction | Martha | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1987 | Black Widow | Sara | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Marie Ganucci | TV | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Dorothy Hermes | TV | 7.1 | 54 |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | TV | 6.9 | 54 | |
| 1985 | Doubletake | Sarah | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Mary Neal | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1985 | Twisted | Helen Giles | Film | 4.9 | 54 |
| 1984 | Reckless | Mrs. Prescott | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1983 | Rage of Angels | Clara | TV | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1983 | Reuben, Reuben | Mare Spofford | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Ma Joad | TV | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1981 | The House of Mirth | Bertha Dorset | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 1981 | Four Friends | Mrs. Carnahan | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1980 | Resurrection | Kathy | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1980 | Foxes | Mrs. Axman | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1980 | The Jilting of Granny Weatherall | Cornelia | Film | 4.0 | 49 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Sara | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Anita Cunningham | Film | 6.4 | 45 |
| 1972 | Particular Men | Film | 8.0 | 41 | |
| 1972 | Up the Sandbox | Elinore | Film | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1970 | Five Easy Pieces | Partita Dupea | Film | 7.1 | 39 |
| 1970 | Dragon Country | Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen") | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1970 | The Way We Live Now | Jane Aldridge | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1967 | Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night | Evelyn | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | Evelyn | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Libby Clayton | TV | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Esther Terranova | TV | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | TV | 6.7 | 29 | |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Dana | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Lucy Brown | TV | 6.7 | 29 |
| 1960 | The Master Builder | Hilda | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1959 | Startime | Cindy | TV | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Dawn Garrison | TV | 5.7 | 27 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee / Performer | TV | — | 25 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | — | 25 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 24 | |
| 1955 | East of Eden | Anne | Film | 7.5 | 24 |
| 1955 | Strange Lady in Town | Spurs O'Brien | Film | 4.9 | 24 |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | Jeannie | TV | 6.3 | 22 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Jenny Musgrave | TV | 6.6 | 22 |
| 1950 | Robert Montgomery Presents | TV | 6.0 | 19 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | Lisa Molloy | TV | 5.4 | 17 |
| The Steel Harp | Hanna | Film | — | — |