Lois Smith (March 1, 1928 – October 7, 2012) was an American entertainment publicist.
A "trailblazer who brought big changes to a business dominated by men," she represented Marilyn Monroe, Martin Scorsese, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Whitney Houston, Warren Beatty, and Liza Minnelli, among others.
[2][3] She pursued a career as a journalist, but was warned that women were seldom offered reporting assignments, and turned down a job as a researcher at Time.
[4] Smith co-founded PickWick Public Relations in 1969, which became PMK following a series of mergers.
Run with partners Leslee Dart and Pat Kingsley into the 1990s, it became one of the most powerful PR firms in the entertainment industry.