
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