Liz Smith
Acting
1921-12-11 · 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.
Filmography
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
2026 · Series
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Movie
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009 · Movie
City of Ember
2008 · Movie
Flick
2008 · Movie
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · Series
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Series
The Magic Flute
2006 · Movie
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
2005 · Movie
Keeping Mum
2005 · Movie
Oliver Twist
2005 · Movie
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · Movie
Dead Cool
2005 · Movie
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 · Movie
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · Series
Imperium: Nero
2004 · Series
Nero
2004 · Movie
Between The Sheets
2003 · Series
Anna Spud
2003 · Movie
A Good Thief
2002 · Movie
V Graham Norton
2002 · Series
Treasure
2001 · Series
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Movie
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · Series
Donovan Quick
2000 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
2000 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000 · Movie
A Christmas Carol
1999 · Movie
Oliver Twist
1999 · Series
Tube Tales
1999 · Movie
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999 · Movie
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999 · Series
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Movie
V.I.P.
1998 · Series
Wife of Bath
1998 · Movie
The Royle Family
1998 · Series
So Graham Norton
1998 · Series
The Revengers' Comedies
1998 · Movie
Anthrakitis
1998 · Movie
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997 · Movie
Trial & Retribution
1997 · Series
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996 · Movie
Secrets & Lies
1996 · Movie
Karaoke
1996 · Series
The Queen's Nose
1995 · Series
Crapston Villas
1995 · Series
Haunted
1995 · Movie
The Vicar of Dibley
1994 · Series
Doggin' Around
1994 · Movie
Pirates
1994 · Series
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994 · Series
Shooting Stars
1993 · Series
Pretty Princess
1993 · Movie
Son of the Pink Panther
1993 · Movie
Dakota Road
1992 · Movie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Series
Nona
1991 · Movie
Performance
1991 · Series
Bottom
1991 · Series
2Point4 Children
1991 · Series
Cluedo
1990 · Series
Night of 100 Stars III
1990 · Movie
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990 · Movie
El C.I.D.
1990 · Series
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990 · Movie
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · Movie
Screen One
1989 · Series
Apartment Zero
1989 · Movie
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989 · Movie
Words of Love
1989 · Movie
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989 · Series
We Think the World of You
1988 · Movie
High Spirits
1988 · Movie
Jake's Journey
1988 · Movie
When We Are Married
1987 · Movie
Little Dorrit
1987 · Movie
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Series
Valentine Park
1987 · Series
On the Palm
1987 · Movie
Worlds Beyond
1986 · Series
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986 · Series
Casualty
1986 · Series
American Masters
1986 · Series
Harem
1986 · Movie
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
Mann's Best Friends
1985 · Series
Screen Two
1985 · Series
A Private Function
1984 · Movie
The Bill
1984 · Series
A Christmas Carol
1984 · Movie
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983 · Series
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 · Movie
Now And Then
1983 · Series
Mr. Right
1983 · Series
Fanny Hill
1983 · Movie
Separate Tables
1983 · Movie
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · Movie
Crystal Gazing
1982 · Movie
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982 · Movie
Britannia Hospital
1982 · Movie
Wogan
1982 · Series
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · Movie
The Monster Club
1981 · Movie
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980 · Movie
Murder Rap
1980 · Movie
Agatha
1979 · Movie
An Audience with...
1978 · Series
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977 · Movie
The Duellists
1977 · Movie
The Stick Up
1977 · Movie
Nicholas Nickleby
1977 · Series
Spend Spend Spend
1977 · Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976 · Movie
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976 · Movie
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · Series
Ripping Yarns
1976 · Series
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975 · Movie
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1975 · Movie
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975 · Series
Breath
1975 · Movie
The Sweeney
1975 · Series
Taking Leave
1974 · Movie
Seven Faces of Woman
1974 · Series
Bedtime Stories
1974 · Series
Jack Point
1973 · Movie
Second City Firsts
1973 · Series
Hard Labour
1973 · Movie
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · Series
Crown Court
1972 · Series
Bleak Moments
1971 · Movie
Play for Today
1970 · Series
Leo the Last
1970 · Movie
In Loving Memory
1969 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series