Liz Smith
Born December 11, 1921 · Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Betty Gleadle (December 11, 1921 – December 24, 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in I Didn't Know You Cared (1975–1979), the sisters Bette and Belle in 2point4 Children (1991–1999), Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley (1994–1996) and Norma Speakman ("Nana") in The Royle Family (1998–2000, 2006). She also played Zillah in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1984 film A Private Function.
Notable Appearances
Movies
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
City of Ember
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Keeping Mum
Oliver Twist
Secrets & Lies
Curse of the Pink Panther
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Alice in Wonderland
High Spirits
Trail of the Pink Panther
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
The Duellists
Son of the Pink Panther
Haunted
Little Dorrit
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Tube Tales
The Monster Club
A Private Function
Agatha
Night of 100 Stars III
Fanny Hill
When We Are Married
Britannia Hospital
An Evening with Lily Savage
Nero
Apartment Zero
The Revengers' Comedies
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Separate Tables
Anna Spud
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Taking Leave
Breath
Harem
The Magic Flute
We Think the World of You
Leo the Last
On the Palm
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Keep an Eye on Albert
Pretty Princess
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
TV Shows
V.I.P.
Crown Court
Wogan
Screen Two
American Masters
Last of the Summer Wine
The Bill
The Sweeney
The Paul O'Grady Show
An Audience with...
Trial & Retribution
Performance
V Graham Norton
Shooting Stars
Lovejoy
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Screen One
2Point4 Children
So Graham Norton
Bottom
The Duchess of Duke Street
The Royle Family
The Vicar of Dibley
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Oliver Twist
Cluedo
In Loving Memory
The Queen's Nose
Karaoke
I Didn't Know You Cared
Takin' Over the Asylum
Worlds Beyond
Ripping Yarns
Crapston Villas
Imperium: Nero
Nicholas Nickleby
Valentine Park
Young Charlie Chaplin
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Between The Sheets
Bedtime Stories
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Pirates
Treasure
Mann's Best Friends
More Movies
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Tom's Midnight Garden
Jake's Journey
Flick
Wife of Bath
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Bleak Moments
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Donovan Quick
Dead Cool
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Crystal Gazing
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
A Christmas Carol
Hard Labour
Spend Spend Spend
Drowning in the Shallow End
Jack Point
Doggin' Around
Murder Rap
The Stick Up
