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
City of Ember
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Trail of the Pink Panther
Oliver Twist
Keeping Mum
Secrets & Lies
Son of the Pink Panther
Alice in Wonderland
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Curse of the Pink Panther
The Duellists
A Christmas Carol
High Spirits
A Christmas Carol
Night of 100 Stars III
The Monster Club
Tube Tales
Haunted
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Tom's Midnight Garden
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
The Revengers' Comedies
Britannia Hospital
When We Are Married
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
A Private Function
Fanny Hill
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Taking Leave
The Magic Flute
We Think the World of You
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Little Dorrit
Keep an Eye on Albert
Agatha
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
An Evening with Lily Savage
Drowning in the Shallow End
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
Nero
Anna Spud
Flick
Separate Tables
TV Shows
V.I.P.
Crown Court
Screen Two
Wogan
The Bill
Last of the Summer Wine
An Audience with...
American Masters
The Paul O'Grady Show
The Sweeney
Performance
V Graham Norton
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Lovejoy
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Trial & Retribution
Screen One
Shooting Stars
So Graham Norton
2Point4 Children
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Duchess of Duke Street
The Vicar of Dibley
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Bottom
The Queen's Nose
Cluedo
The Royle Family
Oliver Twist
Worlds Beyond
Takin' Over the Asylum
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
Karaoke
Ripping Yarns
Crapston Villas
I Didn't Know You Cared
In Loving Memory
Bedtime Stories
Between The Sheets
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Nicholas Nickleby
Young Charlie Chaplin
Imperium: Nero
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Pirates
Valentine Park
Mann's Best Friends
Treasure
Imaginary Friends
More Movies
Jake's Journey
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Harem
Apartment Zero
Pretty Princess
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Bleak Moments
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
Breath
Leo the Last
Doggin' Around
On the Palm
Dead Cool
Wife of Bath
A Christmas Carol
The Stick Up
Jack Point
Crystal Gazing
Donovan Quick
Words of Love
Hard Labour
Spend Spend Spend
