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