
Liz Smith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1921
- Died
- December 24, 2016 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
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Filmography

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
TV · as Self - Good Day New York (archive footage) · 1 ep

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Movie · as Self
The Antiques Rogue Show
Movie · as Olive Greenhalgh

Flick
Movie · as Ma

City of Ember
Movie · as Granny

Lark Rise to Candleford
TV · as Zillah · 10 eps

The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Magic Flute
Movie · as The Old Papagena

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Movie · as Grandma Georgina

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Movie · as Mrs. Mulch (voice)

Keeping Mum
Movie · as Mrs. Parker

Oliver Twist
Movie · as Old Woman

Dead Cool
Movie · as Liz

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
Movie · as Self

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
Movie

Nero
Movie · as Soothsayer

The Paul O'Grady Show
TV · 2 eps

Imperium: Nero
TV · as Sacrilega · 2 eps

Anna Spud
Movie · as Gran

Between The Sheets
TV · 6 eps
A Good Thief
Movie · as Lizzie

V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Movie · as Peg Sliderskew

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
TV · as Peg Sliderskew · 2 eps

A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Joyce

Donovan Quick
Movie · as Granny

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Movie · as Delfina

Tube Tales
Movie · as Older Lady (segment "Horny")

Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Miss Lory

Tom's Midnight Garden
Movie · as Mrs Willows

A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Mrs. Dilber
It's Only TV But I Like It
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Oliver Twist
TV · as Sally · 4 eps
Anthrakitis
Movie · as Dolly

The Revengers' Comedies
Movie · as Winnie

Wife of Bath
Movie · as Hag (voice)

The Royle Family
TV · as Norma 'Nana' Speakman · 10 eps

So Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep

V.I.P.
TV · as Self - Gossip Columnist · 1 ep

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Movie · as Mrs Meakin

Trial & Retribution
TV · as Mrs Dorothy Norton · 1 ep

An Evening with Lily Savage
Movie · as Self - Audience Member

Secrets & Lies
Movie · as Woman with Cat

Karaoke
TV · as Mrs Baglin · 3 eps

Haunted
Movie · as Old gypsy woman

Crapston Villas
TV · as Delia (voice) · 20 eps

The Queen's Nose
TV · as Grandma · 6 eps

Doggin' Around
Movie · as Mrs. Thompson

The Vicar of Dibley
TV · as Letitia Cropley · 14 eps

Pirates
TV · as Gran · 18 eps

Takin' Over the Asylum
TV · as Harriet · 6 eps

Pretty Princess
Movie · as regina madre

Son of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Marta Balls

Shooting Stars
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Dakota Road
Movie · as Joan Benson

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV · as Delfina · 1 ep
Nona
Movie · as Anyula

Bottom
TV · as Fortune Teller · 1 ep

2Point4 Children
TV · as Bette, Auntie Belle · 10 eps

Performance
TV · as Anyula · 1 ep
New Voices
TV · as Nana · 1 ep

Night of 100 Stars III
Movie · as Self

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Movie · as Self

Drowning in the Shallow End
Movie · as Agent
El C.I.D.
TV · as Mildred · 1 ep

Cluedo
TV · as Mrs. White · 6 eps

Apartment Zero
Movie · as Mary Louise McKinney

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Movie · as Grace

Words of Love
Movie · as Gran

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Movie · as Mrs. Rigby

Young Charlie Chaplin
TV · as Mrs. Greenwood · 1 ep

Screen One
TV · as Mrs. Thompson · 1 ep

High Spirits
Movie · as Mrs. Plunkett

Jake's Journey
Movie · as Witch

We Think the World of You
Movie · as Millie

Little Dorrit
Movie · as Mrs. Bangham

On the Palm
Movie · as Mrs Slatterthwaite

When We Are Married
Movie · as Mrs Northrop

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV · as Lena Finn · 1 ep

Valentine Park
TV · as Mrs. Giles · 12 eps

Imaginary Friends
TV · as Milly Munger · 3 eps

Harem
Movie · as Mrs. Pendleton

Lovejoy
TV · as Florence · 1 ep

Casualty
TV · as Tillie · 1 ep

American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Worlds Beyond
TV · as Mrs Watts · 1 ep

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
TV · as Mrs Fisher · 3 eps

Mann's Best Friends
TV · as Mrs. Anstruther · 6 eps

Screen Two
TV · as Mrs. Slatterthwaite, Gran, Agent · 1 ep

All in Good Faith
TV · as Annie Freeman · 1 ep

A Private Function
Movie · as Mother

A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Mrs. Dilber

The Bill
TV · 3 eps

Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Marta Balls

Fanny Hill
Movie · as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

Separate Tables
Movie · as Miss Meacham

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
TV · as Hannah Macpherson · 1 ep
Now and Then
TV · as Gran - Then · 13 eps
Mr. Right
TV · as Gran · 4 eps

Britannia Hospital
Movie · as Maisie

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Trail of the Pink Panther
Movie · as Martha Balls (archive footage)

Crystal Gazing
Movie · as Lady in Pub

Wogan
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Movie · as Mrs. Fairley

The Monster Club
Movie · as Villager

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Movie · as Lady Phillipa of Staines

Murder Rap
Movie · as Elfie

Agatha
Movie · as Flora

An Audience with...
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Stick Up
Movie · as Hotel Manageress

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Movie · as Mrs. Bag

Spend Spend Spend
Movie · as Keith's Granny

The Duellists
Movie · as Fortune Teller

Nicholas Nickleby
TV · as Peg Sliderskew · 2 eps

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · as La Falourdel

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Movie · as Mrs. Dodds

Ripping Yarns
TV · as Mrs. Bag · 1 ep

The Duchess of Duke Street
TV · as Nanny · 2 eps

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Movie · as Vi Bell

Breath
Movie · as Mrs. Pritchett

Keep an Eye on Albert
Movie · as Mrs. Oxfam

The Sweeney
TV · as Mrs. Davies · 1 ep

I Didn't Know You Cared
TV · as Annie Brandon · 27 eps

Taking Leave
Movie · as Confused Lady

Bedtime Stories
TV · as Miss Long · 1 ep
Seven Faces of Woman
TV · as Madge · 1 ep

Village Hall
TV · as Mrs Whalley · 1 ep

No, Honestly
TV · as May · 1 ep

Hard Labour
Movie · as Mrs. Thornley

Jack Point
Movie · as Mrs. Matthews

Last of the Summer Wine
TV · as Housekeeper · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Mrs. Murphy · 1 ep

Bleak Moments
Movie · as Pat's Mother

Crown Court
TV · as Mrs. Fowkes, Mrs. Flynn · 1 ep

Leo the Last
Movie · as Raving Tenant (uncredited)

Play for Today
TV · as Mrs. Thornley, Mrs. Mathews, Mrs. Pritchett, Mrs. Oxfam, Keith's Granny, Elfie · 1 ep

In Loving Memory
TV · as Hilda Pardoe · 2 eps

Tony Awards
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

