Acting
Lois Smith
- Titles
- 81movies53TV shows
- Career
Active from 1955 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.
- Leading roles
- 14top three billing
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
Lady Bird85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 97 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Family Dynamics6.2average 4.7
- Nostalgia4.9average 3.6
- Contemporary Realism6.3average 5.2
- Wit & Wordplay4.7average 3.7
- Pathos6.2average 5.2
- Romance4.7average 3.8
- Social Commentary5.8average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.0average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Adrenaline4.0, average 5.1
- Violence3.4, average 4.3
- Scare1.7, average 2.6
- Fantasy0.9, average 1.8
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 6
- Social Commentary 4
- Character Study 4
- Melancholy 3
- Coming-of-Age 3
- Nostalgic 3
- Intense Action 2
- Cat and Mouse 2
- Thought-Provoking 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Family Dynamics 2
- Early 20th Century 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Tim Blake NelsonActorMinority Report, A Foreign Affair, On the End
Alison ElliottActorGriffin & Phoenix, The Eternal, Red Betsy
Margo MartindaleActorIron Jawed Angels, The Best Thief in the World
Diane LaneActorHollywoodland, Killshot
Elizabeth ReaserActorThe Uninvited, Sweet Land
Jim DenaultActorThe Eternal, The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Joseph Gordon-LevittActorKillshot, Holy Matrimony
Christopher WalkenActorNext Stop, Greenwich Village, The Eternal
Amanda PeetActorGriffin & Phoenix, Please Give
Marcelo ZarvosComposerHollywoodland, Please Give
Michael AlmereydaWriterThe Eternal, The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Michael KahnEditorMinority Report, Twister
Movies and TV shows
301990s
30 titles · average score 65
73
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
TV show · as Rebecca Tolliver
72
Tumbleweeds (1999)
as Ginger
35
The Eternal (1998)
as Mrs. Ferriter
72
A Will of their Own (1998)
TV show · as Miss Maude
76
The Practice (1997)
TV show · as Mary Beth Berluti
69
Just Shoot Me! (1997)
TV show · as Libby
Hudson River Blues (1997)
as Julia
72
Eye of God (1997)
Thanks
66
Twister (1996)
as Aunt Meg
37
Larger Than Life (1996)
as Luluna
77
Dead Man Walking (1995)
as Helen's Mother
81
Truman (1995)
as Madge Wallace Gates
21
Holy Matrimony (1994)
as Orna
79
ER (1994)
TV show · as Gracie
44
Touched by an Angel (1994)
TV show · as Mildred Mancini
72
Falling Down (1993)
as D-Fens' Mother
85
Frasier (1993)
TV show · as Moira
71
Skylark (1993)
as Lou Wheaton
49
Hard Promises (1992)
as Mrs. Bell
76
The Donner Party (1992)
as voice
Keep the Change (1992)
as Lureen
69
Switched at Birth (1991)
TV show · as Margaret
75
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
as Mama Threadgoode
56
Good Sports (1991)
TV show · as Mrs. Tannen
The Grapes of Wrath (1991)
as Ma Joad
Coney Island (1991)
as (voice)
74
Law & Order (1990)
TV show · as Eunice Varick
58
Green Card (1990)
as Brontë's Mother