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Lois Smith

English
Filmography

Lady Bird

2017
as Sister Sarah Joan

Twister

1996
as Meg Greene

The Nice Guys

2016
as Mrs. Glenn

The French Dispatch

2021
as Clampette

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

Mack & Rita

2022
as Betty

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