Swithin Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 I've posted this in the LGBT thread, but I'm thrilled that The Inheritance, which I saw in London a few years ago, won four Tony Awards this evening: Best Play, Director, Actor, and Featured Actress. The Broadway production closed due to Covid before I could see it, but I did see the two-part, seven-hour play in London several years ago, with Vanessa Redgrave in the featured part played by Lois Smith. However, I had the pleasure to work with Lois Smith a couple of times and found her to be a lovely, talented, and very special woman, who made her Broadway debut in 1952. She is now the oldest person ever to win an acting Tony Award. Her film career includes the role of Annie in East of Eden, in 1955. Lois Smith in The Inheritance James Dean, Lois Smith in East of Eden 5 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Lois was also fantastic as Jack Nicholson's sister, Partita in Five Easy Pieces (1970). Keep going gal! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UMO1982 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Daytime TV fans remember Lois Smith from countless roles on soap operas over the years. Her most memorable turn was as Eleanor Conrad on The Doctors from 1975-77. For 253 episodes she played a woman released from a psychiatric institution who came home to rebuild her life. Her husband was having an affair and wanted out of the marriage. So she retaliated by hooking up with a young gigolo! In the soap genre she specialized in offbeat women who did outrageous things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aritosthenes Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 SO Cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fedya Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 8 hours ago, TopBilled said: In the soap genre she specialized in offbeat women who did outrageous things. Isn't that every character in a soap opera? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Lois Smith is an ensemble member of Chicago's Steppenwolf Theatre. Her two prior Tony nominations were for performances in Steppenwolf productions that transferred to Broadway: THE GRAPES OF WRATH (she played Ma Joad) and BURIED CHILD. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 3 hours ago, Fedya said: Isn't that every character in a soap opera? Not exactly. They all do outrageous things on soaps. But not all of them are offbeat. She had that down to a tee. She was very good on The Doctors. It's a shame the character didn't last longer. She was a casualty of a regime change (new producer and headwriter). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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