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
Trail of the Pink Panther
Oliver Twist
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Taking Leave
Curse of the Pink Panther
Alice in Wonderland
The Duellists
Son of the Pink Panther
Keeping Mum
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Secrets & Lies
Breath
High Spirits
Haunted
Tube Tales
Night of 100 Stars III
The Monster Club
Harem
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
Agatha
Separate Tables
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
An Evening with Lily Savage
Nero
Fanny Hill
A Private Function
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
The Revengers' Comedies
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Britannia Hospital
Tom's Midnight Garden
The Magic Flute
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Little Dorrit
When We Are Married
Anna Spud
Keep an Eye on Albert
We Think the World of You
Pretty Princess
Apartment Zero
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Jake's Journey
Bleak Moments
TV Shows
Wogan
Tony Awards
Play for Today
Last of the Summer Wine
V.I.P.
Screen Two
American Masters
The Paul O'Grady Show
An Audience with...
V Graham Norton
The Sweeney
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Trial & Retribution
Shooting Stars
Lovejoy
Performance
Lark Rise to Candleford
Screen One
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
So Graham Norton
2Point4 Children
The Duchess of Duke Street
The Vicar of Dibley
Bottom
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
The Royle Family
Crapston Villas
Cluedo
The Queen's Nose
I Didn't Know You Cared
In Loving Memory
Bedtime Stories
Oliver Twist
Ripping Yarns
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
Nicholas Nickleby
Karaoke
All in Good Faith
Takin' Over the Asylum
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
No, Honestly
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Imperium: Nero
Worlds Beyond
Village Hall
Pirates
Valentine Park
Young Charlie Chaplin
Between The Sheets
Treasure
Mann's Best Friends
Imaginary Friends
More Movies
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Leo the Last
Wife of Bath
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Flick
Drowning in the Shallow End
Doggin' Around
A Christmas Carol
The Stick Up
Spend Spend Spend
Hard Labour
Dead Cool
Donovan Quick
Crystal Gazing
On the Palm
Jack Point
Murder Rap
