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Lois Smith(I)

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Lois Smith in Desperate Housewives (2004)
Set in the future, 'Marjorie Prime' tells the story of an elderly woman who uses a service that creates holographic projections of late family members in order to reconnect with her deceased husband.
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Lois Smith was born on 3 November 1930 in Topeka, Kansas, USA. She is an actress, known for Minority Report (2002), Lady Bird (2017) and Twister (1996). She was previously married to Wesley Dale Smith.
BornNovember 3, 1930
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Bob Balaban, Henry Winkler, Adrien Brody, Lois Smith, and Tilda Swinton in The French Dispatch (2021)
Lois Smith and Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)
Jack Nicholson and Lois Smith in Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Greer Garson, Nick Adams, Robert Foulk, and Lois Smith in Strange Lady in Town (1955)
Jack Nicholson and Lois Smith in Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Lois Smith and Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)
Jack Nicholson, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite in Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Susan Anspach, Lois Smith, and Ralph Waite in Five Easy Pieces (1970)
Keri Russell and Lois Smith in The Americans (2013)
Keri Russell and Lois Smith in The Americans (2013)
Lois Smith in The Americans (2013)
Lois Smith in The Americans (2013)

Known for

Tom Cruise in Minority Report (2002)
Minority Report
7.6
  • Dr. Iris Hineman
  • 2002
Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird
7.4
  • Sister Sarah Joan
  • 2017
Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton in Twister (1996)
Twister
6.4
  • Meg Greene
  • 1996
Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling in The Nice Guys (2016)
The Nice Guys
7.3
  • Mrs. Glenn
  • 2016

Credits

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Actress

  • The Uninvited
    • Post-production
  • The Gettysburg Address
    • (voice)
    • Post-production
  • Gossip Girl (2021)
    Gossip Girl
  • Diane Keaton, Taylour Paige, and Elizabeth Lail in Mack & Rita (2022)
    Mack & Rita
  • Bill Murray, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Liev Schreiber, Bob Balaban, Benicio Del Toro, Edward Norton, Henry Winkler, Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, Owen Wilson, Mathieu Amalric, Steve Park, Lois Smith, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Wallace Wolodarsky, Jeffrey Wright, Jarvis Cocker, Mohamed Belhadjine, Saoirse Ronan, Tony Revolori, Timothée Chalamet, Lyna Khoudri, and Krishna Bagadiya in The French Dispatch (2021)
    The French Dispatch
  • The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America (2020)
    The Great Work Begins. Scenes from Angels in America
  • Ethan Hawke in Tesla (2020)
    Tesla
  • Paul Bettany, Peter Macdissi, and Sophia Lillis in Uncle Frank (2020)
    Uncle Frank
  • Liev Schreiber in Ray Donovan (2013)
    Ray Donovan
  • Kirsten Dunst in On Becoming a God in Central Florida (2019)
    On Becoming a God in Central Florida
  • Pierce Brosnan in The Son (2017)
    The Son
  • Allison Janney and Anna Faris in Mom (2013)
    Mom
  • Lorraine Toussaint, Frankie Faison, Warren Christie, Moran Atias, Grace Van Dien, Michaela McManus, and Jerod Haynes in The Village (2019)
    The Village
  • Maddie Hasson in Impulse (2018)
    Impulse
  • Giovanni Ribisi in Sneaky Pete (2015)
    Sneaky Pete
  • Elliott Gould, Mark Feuerstein, Liza Lapira, Linda Lavin, and David Walton in 9JKL (2017)
    9JKL
  • Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)
    Lady Bird

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The Nice Guys
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The Nice Guys
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green
'Marjorie Prime' Goes From Stage to Screen
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'Marjorie Prime' Goes From Stage to Screen
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Personal details

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    • France's national library catalogue
    • Theater_org
    • November 3, 1930
    • Topeka, Kansas, USA
    • November 5, 1948 - September 22, 1970 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    (2005, November - 2006, January) Appeared as "Carrie Watts" in Horton Foote's "A Trip to Bountiful", at the off-Broadway Signature Theatre Company, New York, NY.
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    Once taught acting at Juilliard.
  • Quotes
    I seldom saw Bob Rafelson after we finished shooting Five Easy Pieces (1970), but then he asked me to be in Black Widow (1987) and when he called in 1986 he said, "Stick with me and you'll make a movie every 16 years."

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