Lois Smith

 

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Lois Smith is an American actress. She has played supporting roles in films including East of Eden, Five Easy Pieces, Resurrection, Fatal Attraction, Fried Green Tomatoes, Dead Man Walking, Tumbleweeds, Twister, and Please Give. In television she has performed on series like True Blood and Desperate Housewives. Smith is also known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving two Tony Award nominations for originating the role of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and for the role of Halie in a revival of Buried Child in 1996. She also starred in an acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of The Trip to Bountiful in 2005 for which she received an Obie Award for Best Actress, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, and a Drama Desk Award. She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007 for her outstanding contributions to the theatre. In 2013 she was given a Lifetime Achievement Obie Award for excellence in Off-Broadway performance

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Lois Smith

Born 1930-11-03 (94 years ago) in Topeka.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement 58th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards 2013
Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award (Please Give) 26th Independent Spirit Awards 2011 Please Give
Obie Award for Performance (The Trip to Bountiful) 51st Annual Village Voice Obie Awards 2006 The Trip to Bountiful
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (The Trip to Bountiful) 56th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards 2006 The Trip to Bountiful
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (The Trip to Bountiful) 51st Drama Desk Awards 2006 The Trip to Bountiful
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (Five Easy Pieces) National Society of Film Critics Awards 1970 1970 Five Easy Pieces
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance (Please Give) Gotham Independent Film Awards 2010 2010 Please Give
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (The Trip to Bountiful) 51st Drama Desk Awards 2006 The Trip to Bountiful
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (The Trip to Bountiful) 56th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards 2006 The Trip to Bountiful
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture (How to Make an American Quilt) 2nd Screen Actors Guild Awards 1996 How To Make An American Quilt
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (Buried Child) 50th Tony Awards 1996 Buried Child
Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (The Grapes of Wrath) 44th Tony Awards 1990 Vredens druvor
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play (The Grapes of Wrath) 40th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards 1990 Vredens druvor
National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress (Five Easy Pieces) National Society of Film Critics Awards 1970 1970 Five Easy Pieces
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
Wesley Dale Smith(Gifta: 1948-11-05–1970-09-22) 1948-11-05 1970-09-22 Gifta
Child

Moon Elizabeth Smith

Parents

Carrie Davis, William Oren Humbert

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Lois Smith is an American actress. She has played supporting roles in films including East of Eden, Five Easy Pieces, Resurrection, Fatal Attraction, Fried Green Tomatoes, Dead Man Walking, Tumbleweeds, Twister, and Please Give. In television she has performed on series like True Blood and Desperate Housewives.

Smith is also known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving two Tony Award nominations for originating the role of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath and for the role of Halie in a revival of Buried Child in 1996. She also starred in an acclaimed Off-Broadway revival of The Trip to Bountiful in 2005 for which she received an Obie Award for Best Actress, an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Lucille Lortel Award, and a Drama Desk Award.

She was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007 for her outstanding contributions to the theatre. In 2013 she was given a Lifetime Achievement Obie Award for excellence in Off-Broadway performance. In her career she has also taught, directed, and written for the stage.

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