Filmography
Lois Smith
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Rebecca Tolliver
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Mrs. Dickerson
Law & Order
1990 · Eunice Varick
Desperate Housewives
2004 · Allison Scavo
The Blacklist
2013 · Lucy Game
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Betty Bennett
Frasier
1993 · Moira
ER
1994 · Gracie
Mom
2013 · Claire
Matinee Theater
1955 · Actor
Cold Case
2003 · Fannie
American Experience
1988 · (voice)
True Blood
2008 · Adele Stackhouse
The Practice
1997 · Mary Beth Berluti
The Americans
2013 · Betty Turner
Elsbeth
2024 · Delores Feinn
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Actor
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Mildred Mancini
American Playhouse
1982 · Ma Joad
Ray Donovan
2013 · Dolores
Studio One
1948 · Lisa Molloy
Naked City
1958 · Dawn Garrison
Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee / Performer, Self - Nominee
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Libby Clayton
Younger
2015 · Belinda Lacroix
Law & Order: Organized Crime
2021 · Doris 'Mama' Boone
Army Wives
2007 · Elsie
Grace and Frankie
2015 · Mrs. Hanson
The Equalizer
1985 · Marie Ganucci, Dorothy Hermes
Route 66
1960 · Actor, Dana
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Sara
Just Shoot Me!
1997 · Libby
The Defenders
1961 · Esther Terranova
The Affair
2014 · Mrs. Gunther
thirtysomething
1987 · Actor
Sneaky Pete
2015 · Reverend Ethel Landry
The United States Steel Hour
1953 · Jeannie
Spenser: For Hire
1985 · Actor
The Nice Guys
2016 · Mrs. Glenn
Gossip Girl
2021 · Iris Lefferts
Minority Report
2002 · Dr. Iris Hineman
East of Eden
1955 · Anne
Startime
1959 · Cindy
Twister
1996 · Aunt Meg
Impulse
2018 · Deirdre 'Dippy' Jones
Lady Bird
2017 · Sister Sarah Joan
LAX
2004 · Rose Sinclair
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun
2021 · Upshur 'Maw' Clampette
The Hire
2001 · Mother
Falling Down
1993 · D-Fens' Mother
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
2019 · Mimi Waldenstock
Letter to Loretta
1953 · Jenny Musgrave
Run All Night
2015 · Margaret Conlon
CBS Playhouse
1966 · Evelyn
This Fool
2022 · Beverly
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991 · Mama Threadgoode
Fatal Attraction
1987 · Martha
9JKL
2017 · Wrong Nana
Dead Man Walking
1995 · Helen's Mother
Midnight Run
1988 · Mrs. Nelson
Good Sports
1991 · Mrs. Tannen
The Pledge
2001 · Helen Jackson
Uncle Frank
2020 · Aunt Butch
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
2012 · Aunt Mel
Black Widow
1987 · Sara
Hollywoodland
2006 · Helen Bessolo
Ruth & Erica
2012 · Ruth
How to Make an American Quilt
1995 · Sophia
Green Card
1990 · Brontë's Mother
A Will of their Own
1998 · Miss Maude
Five Easy Pieces
1970 · Partita Dupea
Rage of Angels
1983 · Clara
Tesla
2020 · The Grande Dame
Killshot
2008 · Lenore
Mack & Rita
2022 · Betty
Reckless
1984 · Mrs. Prescott
Please Give
2010 · Mrs. Portman
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976 · Anita Cunningham
Marjorie Prime
2017 · Marjorie
Switched at Birth
1991 · Margaret
Iron Jawed Angels
2004 · Reverend Anna Howard Shaw
Griffin & Phoenix
2006 · Dr. Imberman
The Gettysburg Address
2025 · Elizabeth Crawford (voice)
The Comedian
2016 · Miriam
The Best Thief in the World
2004 · Helen
The Eternal
1998 · Mrs. Ferriter
Deadly Matrimony
1992 · Actor
The Uninvited
2025 · Helen
Holy Matrimony
1994 · Orna
P.S.
2004 · Ellie Silverstein
A Dog Year
2009 · Lois Blair
The Laramie Project
2002 · Lucy Thompson
Strange Lady in Town
1955 · Spurs O'Brien
Diminished Capacity
2008 · Belle
The Grapes of Wrath
1991 · Ma Joad
Foxes
1980 · Mrs. Axman
Larger Than Life
1996 · Luluna
Up the Sandbox
1972 · Elinore
Sweet Land
2005 · Inge (as an older woman)
Four Friends
1981 · Mrs. Carnahan
Truman
1995 · Madge Wallace Gates
Coney Island
1991 · (voice)
Skylark
1993 · Lou Wheaton
White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd
1991 · Alice Todd
Keep the Change
1992 · Lureen
Powder Keg
2001 · Mother
Doubletake
1985 · Sarah
Roadie
2012 · Mom
The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
2020 · Harper Pitt
Tumbleweeds
1999 · Ginger
Twisted
1985 · Helen Giles
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013 · The Youngest Daughter (later)
Showing Up
2014 · Self
Turn the River
2008 · Abby
Hard Promises
1992 · Mrs. Bell
Resurrection
1980 · Kathy
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1980 · Cornelia
Hudson River Blues
1997 · Julia
Hello Actors Studio
1988 · Self
The Execution of Raymond Graham
1985 · Mary Neal
The Donner Party
1992 · voice
On the End
2025 · Trudie Ferreira
A Foreign Affair
2003 · Ma Adams
James Dean: Sense Memories
2005 · Self
Particular Men
1972 · Anne Starr
Red Betsy
2003 · Helen Rounds
Outside of Cleveland
TBA · Marjorie
Reuben, Reuben
1983 · Mare Spofford
The Way We Live Now
1970 · Jane Aldridge
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
1967 · Evelyn
Little Fugitive
2006 · Elizabeth, Social Worker
The House of Mirth
1981 · Bertha Dorset
The Master Builder
1960 · Hilda
The Steel Harp
TBA · Hanna
Dragon Country
1970 · Woman (segment "Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen")
Lightning Bug
2025 · Lydia