Lois Smith
Lois Smith ( born November 3, 1930 in Topeka, Kansas; actually Lois Arlene Humbert ) is an American actress.
Lois Smith received her acting training in the early 1950s with Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio in New York. In 1952 she made her debut on Broadway. Her first movie role she received from Elia Kazan, who cast her in Beyond Eden. Lois Smith received the National Society of Film Critics Award for her role in Five Easy Pieces, Bob Rafelson of 1970. She was also nominated in 1990 and 1996, twice for a Tony Award. 1990 for her role as Ma Joad in the dramatization of The Grapes of Wrath. 1996 for her role in Buried Child by Sam Shepard. She also played the role of Adele Hale Stackhouse in the HBO television series True Blood. Also great fame they gained with Twister, where she alongside Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton played the role of "Aunt Meg ". In the 7th season of Desperate Housewives she took on the role of Tom Scavos mother for several episodes.