Acting

Lois Smith

Titles: 76movies52TV shows

Career: Active from 1955 to 2025, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 12
top three billing

Average score: 62/100

Highest rated: Falling Down
74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 85 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Lois Smith Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Fantasy
0.9, average 1.8
Violence
3.4, average 4.3
Adrenaline
4.2, average 5.1

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 5
Character Study 4
Nostalgic 3
Melancholy 3
Social Commentary 3
Early 20th Century 2
Family Drama 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Thought-Provoking 2
Small Town 2
Second Chance 2
Romantic Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

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2020s

3 titles · average score 72

Poster for This Fool

TV show · as Beverly

Poster for Law & Order: Organized Crime

TV show · as Doris 'Mama' Boone

Poster for Gossip Girl

TV show · as Iris Lefferts

2010s

12 titles · average score 74

Poster for On Becoming a God in Central Florida

TV show · as Mimi Waldenstock

Poster for Impulse

TV show · as Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones

Poster for 9JKL

TV show · as Wrong Nana

Poster for Grace and Frankie

TV show · as Mrs. Hanson

Poster for Sneaky Pete

TV show · as Reverend Ethel Landry

Poster for Younger

TV show · as Belinda Lacroix

Poster for The Affair

TV show · as Mrs. Gunther

Poster for The Blacklist

TV show · as Lucy Game

Poster for The Americans

TV show · as Betty Turner

Poster for Mom

TV show · as Claire

Poster for Ray Donovan

TV show · as Dolores

Poster for Ruth & Erica

TV show · as Ruth

2000s

7 titles · average score 74

Poster for True Blood

TV show · as Adele Stackhouse

Poster for Grey's Anatomy

TV show · as Mrs. Dickerson

Poster for Desperate Housewives

TV show · as Allison Scavo

Poster for LAX

TV show · as Rose Sinclair

Poster for Cold Case

TV show · as Fannie

Poster for Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV show · as Betty Bennett

Poster for The Hire

TV show · as Mother

1990s

10 titles · average score 72

Poster for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV show · as Rebecca Tolliver

Poster for A Will of their Own

TV show · as Miss Maude

Poster for The Practice

TV show · as Mary Beth Berluti

Poster for Just Shoot Me!

TV show · as Libby

Poster for ER

TV show · as Gracie

Poster for Touched by an Angel

TV show · as Mildred Mancini

Poster for Frasier

TV show · as Moira

Poster for Switched at Birth

TV show · as Margaret

Poster for Good Sports

TV show

Poster for Law & Order

TV show · as Eunice Varick

1980s

5 titles · average score 67

Poster for American Experience

TV show · as (voice)

Poster for thirtysomething

TV show

Poster for The Equalizer

TV show · as Dorothy Hermes / Marie Ganucci

Poster for Spenser: For Hire

TV show

Poster for Rage of Angels

TV show · as Clara

1970s

2 titles

Poster for Tales of the Unexpected

TV show · as Sara

Poster for Somerset

TV show · as Zoe Cannell

1960s

4 titles · average score 67

Poster for CBS Playhouse

TV show

Poster for Dr. Kildare

TV show · as Libby Clayton

Poster for The Defenders

TV show · as Esther Terranova

Poster for Route 66

TV show · as Lucy Brown / Dana

1950s

6 titles · average score 68

Poster for Startime

TV show

Poster for Naked City

TV show · as Dawn Garrison

Poster for Matinee Theater

TV show

Poster for The United States Steel Hour

TV show · as Jeannie

Poster for Letter to Loretta

TV show · as Jenny Musgrave

Poster for Robert Montgomery Presents

TV show

1940s

1 title · average score 63

Poster for Studio One

TV show · as Lisa Molloy

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