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