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Lois Smith Biography
Birth Name:
Lois Arlene Humbert
Birth Place:
Topeka, Kansas, United States
Profession
Actor
Fast Facts
- Youngest of six children
- As a child she acted in moralistic dramas directed by her father that were performed at churches
- Made Broadway debut in 1952 in Time Out for Ginger where she played a high school drama student
- Studied acting with Lee Strasberg and became a member of the Actor's Studio in 1954
- Featured on cover of Life magazine in 1955
- Member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company since 1989
- Inducted into Theatre Hall of Fame in 2007
- Received Obie Lifetime Achievement Award for her Off Broadway work in 2013
Awards
- 2018Independent Spirit Awards-Best Supporting Female: nominated
- 2017Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
- 2015Critics' Choice Television Awards-Best Guest Performer in a Drama Series: nominated
- 2011Independent Spirit Awards-Robert Altman Award: winner
- 1995Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
Relationships
- Dilman Humbert -- Brother
- Harold Humbert -- Brother
- Phillip Humbert -- Brother
- Moon Elizabeth -- Daughter
- Wesley Smith -- Ex-husband
- William Oran Humbert -- Father
- Carrie Humbert -- Mother
- Alice Knight -- Sister
- Marvelle Jensen -- Sister