Liz Smith
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Apartment Zero
1989
High Spirits
1988
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
Agatha
1979
Britannia Hospital
1982
Little Dorrit
1987
Keeping Mum
2005
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996
Anthrakitis
1998
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
Pretty Princess
1993
The Stick Up
1977
Bleak Moments
1971
Words of Love
1989
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
Anna Spud
2003
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976
Fanny Hill
1983
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1975
Nona
1991
A Private Function
1984
A Christmas Carol
2000
Harem
1986
Tube Tales
1999
Donovan Quick
2000
Flick
2008
Doggin' Around
1994
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Dakota Road
1992
City of Ember
2008
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Hard Labour
1973
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
A Good Thief
2002
Secrets & Lies
1996
Jake's Journey
1988
We Think the World of You
1988
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
Oliver Twist
2005
A Christmas Carol
1984
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
A Christmas Carol
1999
Spend Spend Spend
1977
Nero
2004
Separate Tables
1983
Dead Cool
2005
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
Jack Point
1973
Taking Leave
1974
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
The Magic Flute
2006
Haunted
1995
Breath
1975
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975
The Duellists
1977
The Monster Club
1981
Murder Rap
1980
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
On the Palm
1987
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
When We Are Married
1987
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990
Crystal Gazing
1982
Leo the Last
1970
Wife of Bath
1998
The Sweeney
1975
Shooting Stars
1993
The Bill
1984
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Crown Court
1972
Bottom
1991
The Royle Family
1998
Lovejoy
1986
Between The Sheets
2003
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975
Crapston Villas
1995
Trial & Retribution
1997
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
So Graham Norton
1998
V Graham Norton
2002
Wogan
1982
Pirates
1994
Now And Then
1983
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
Bedtime Stories
1974
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Crown Court
1972
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
The Graham Norton Show
2007
2Point4 Children
1991
2Point4 Children
1991
Ripping Yarns
1976
An Audience with...
1978
Casualty
1986
Oliver Twist
1999
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
Imperium: Nero
2004
El C.I.D.
1990
Valentine Park
1987
The Gentle Touch
1980
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
In Loving Memory
1969
American Masters
1986
Performance
1991
Cluedo
1990
Play for Today
1970
V.I.P.
1998
Mann's Best Friends
1985
Mr. Right
1983
Queen's Nose
1995
Nicholas Nickleby
1977
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
Worlds Beyond
1986
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
2026
Karaoke
1996
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
Tony Awards
1956