
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