In 2017 , at the age of 87 , Smith played her greatest screen role in the science-fiction drama film '' Marjorie Prime '' . In the film based on Jordan Harrison ’s 2014 play , Smith plays Marjorie , a woman in her 80s who seeks comfort in utilizing a Prime — a holographic representation — of her late husband ( Jon Hamm ) . Smith won the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 22nd ceremony . She was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress at the 44th ceremony . Later that year , she had supporting role in the critically acclaimed comedy-drama '' Lady Bird '' , receiving Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination . She later was cast in '' The French Dispatch '' , a drama film , written and directed by Wes Anderson
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44th Saturn Awards
Lois Smith