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Lois Smith

1930 - Today

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Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American character actress whose career spans eight decades. She made her film debut in the 1955 drama film East of Eden, and later played supporting roles in a number of movies, including Five Easy Pieces (1970), Resurrection (1980), Fatal Attraction (1987), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), Falling Down (1993), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead Man Walking (1995), Twister (1996), Minority Report (2002), The Nice Guys (2016), Lady Bird (2017), and The French Dispatch (2021). In 2017, Smith received critical acclaim for her leading performance in the science-fiction drama film Marjorie Prime, for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards and Saturn Award, and won a Satellite Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lois Smith has received more than 2,033,106 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Lois Smith is the 2,265th most popular actor (up from 2,533rd in 2019), the 3,708th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,177th in 2019) and the 1,081st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Lois Smith ranks 2,265 out of 9,996. Before her are Rick Hoffman, George Arliss, Sonja Ziemann, Ann Miller, Jennifer Morrison, and Ghita Nørby. After her are Anne Buydens, Stephen Dillane, Gérard Blain, Russ Tamblyn, Maurice Evans, and Georges Descrières.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Lois Smith ranks 222. Before her are Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Josef Hügi, David Huddleston, Adile Naşit, Leslie Manigat, and Katherine Jackson. After her are Gérard Blain, Georges Descrières, John Astin, Jim Hall, Yuri Artyukhin, and José María Zárraga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lois Smith ranks 3,708 out of 18,182. Before her are Jennifer Morrison (1979), Vince Neil (1961), James A. Michener (1907), Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Ansel Adams (1902), and Paula Abdul (1962). After her are James M. Gavin (1907), Russ Tamblyn (1934), Eric Dolphy (1928), Scott Carpenter (1925), Richard Thomas (1951), and John Astin (1930).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Lois Smith ranks 1,081. Before her are Josh Holloway (1969), Dean Jones (1931), Adolphe Menjou (1890), Rick Hoffman (1970), Ann Miller (1923), and Jennifer Morrison (1979). After her are Russ Tamblyn (1934), Richard Thomas (1951), John Astin (1930), Jane Lynch (1960), Peggy Lipton (1946), and John Stamos (1963).

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