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Birth Name: Lois Arlene Humbert
Place of Birth: Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Date of Birth: November 3, 1930
Ethnicity: German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish
Lois Smith is an American actress. Her roles include the films East of Eden , Strange Lady in Town , The Way We Live Now , Five Easy Pieces , Up the Sandbox , Next Stop, Greenwich Village ; Foxes , Resurrection (1980), Four Friends , Reuben, Reuben ; Reckless (1984), Twisted (1986), Black Widow , Fatal Attraction , Midnight Run , Green Card , Hard Promises , Fried Green Tomatoes , Falling Down , Holy Matrimony , How to Make an American Quilt , Dead Man Walking , Twister (1996), Larger than Life , Hudson River Blues , Trance (1998), Tumbleweeds , The Pledge (2001), Powder Keg , The Laramie Project , Minority Report , A Foreign Affair , Hollywoodland , A Dog Year , Please Give , The Odd Life of Timothy Green , Run All Night , The Nice Guys , Marjorie Prime , Lady Bird (2017), Uncle Frank , The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun ; and Mack & Rita ; the series The Doctors , One Life to Live , True Blood , The Son , and Ray Donovan ; and the made-for-tv movies Truman (1995) and Iron Jawed Angels ; as well as many acclaimed stage performances.
Lois is the daughter of Carrie and William Humbert, who worked for a telephone company. She has a daughter with her former husband, Wesley Smith.
Lois’ paternal grandfather was William Lee Humbert (the son of William Humbert and Lydia Ann Reid). Lois’ grandfather William was born in Iowa. Lois’ great-grandfather William was born in Pennsylvania, the son of William Humbert and Lorena Izenhart. Lydia was born in New Jersey, the daughter of James Reed and Elizabeth.
Lois’ paternal grandmother was Jennie Scoville Lacock (the daughter of The Rev. Absolom Lacock and Jane Haney). Jennie was born in Kansas. Absolom was born in Indiana or Wisconsin, the son of Reuben Laycock/Lacock and Miranda Wetherbee. Jane was born in New York.
Lois’ maternal grandfather was The Rev. Dillman Hendricks Gottshalk (the son of Joseph Grater Gottshalk and Mary Swartz Hendricks). The Rev. Dillman was born in Pennsylvania. Joseph was the son of Dillman Hunsberger Gottshalk and Elizabeth Cassel Grater. Mary was the daughter of Jacob Hendricks and Catharine Swartz.
Lois’ maternal grandmother was Mary Alice Davis (the daughter of William H. Davis and Catharine Fry Hallman). Mary was born in Pennsylvania. William was the son of Archibald Davis and Elizabeth Hollis. Catharine was the daughter of Joseph Heilmann/Hallman and Margaret Fry.
Sources: Lois Smith on the 1940 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Lois’ father on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Lois’ mother – https://www.familysearch.org