Liz Smith
Known for: Acting
Born: December 11, 1921
Died: December 24, 2016
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 Actr…
Known for
Anthrakitis
1998
Hard Labour
1973
A Good Thief
2002
Murder Rap
1980
Wife of Bath
1998
Words of Love
1989
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1975
Flick
2008
We Think the World of You
1988
Breath
1975
Apartment Zero
1989
Anna Spud
2003
Nona
1991
Donovan Quick
2000
Doggin' Around
1994
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
A Christmas Carol
2000
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
Keeping Mum
2005
Pretty Princess
1993
The Stick Up
1977
Spend Spend Spend
1977
Separate Tables
1983
Dead Cool
2005
Jack Point
1973
Taking Leave
1974
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
Bleak Moments
1971
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
A Private Function
1984
Nero
2004
The Magic Flute
2006
Dakota Road
1992
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
High Spirits
1988
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
A Christmas Carol
1999
Haunted
1995
On the Palm
1987
When We Are Married
1987
Jake's Journey
1988
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990
Tube Tales
1999
Crystal Gazing
1982
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976
Fanny Hill
1983
Agatha
1979
Britannia Hospital
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996
City of Ember
2008
Oliver Twist
2005
The Monster Club
1981
Alice in Wonderland
1999
A Christmas Carol
1984
The Duellists
1977
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
Harem
1986
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
Leo the Last
1970
Little Dorrit
1987
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Secrets & Lies
1996
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
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
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
The Graham Norton Show
2007
2Point4 Children
1991
Ripping Yarns
1976
An Audience with...
1978
Casualty
1986
Oliver Twist
1999
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
Imperium: Nero
2004
Valentine Park
1987
El C.I.D.
1990
Play for Today
1970
In Loving Memory
1969
American Masters
1986
Performance
1991
Cluedo
1990
V.I.P.
1998
Mann's Best Friends
1985
Mr. Right
1983
The 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
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
Tony Awards
1956
Bedtime Stories
1974
Screen One
1989
Screen Two
1985
Second City Firsts
1973
Trial & Retribution
1997
Seven Faces of Woman
1974
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001