Liz Smith
Actor

Liz Smith

4 Movies
4 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 4
Birthday December 11, 1921 (104 years old)
Place of Birth Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also Known As Betty Gleadle
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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.

Filmography (129)

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