Liz Smith
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
El C.I.D.
1990 · 10.0
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989 · 10.0
Anthrakitis
1998 · 10.0
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977 · 8.5
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008 · 8.4
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994 · 8.4
The Sweeney
1975 · 8.1
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976 · 8.0
Crapston Villas
1995 · 8.0
Village Hall
1974 · 8.0
Mr. Right
1983 · 8.0
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976 · 8.0
Jack Point
1973 · 8.0
Bottom
1991 · 7.9
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1975 · 7.8
Ripping Yarns
1976 · 7.7
The Royle Family
1998 · 7.6
Secrets & Lies
1996 · 7.6
A Christmas Carol
1984 · 7.5
Lovejoy
1986 · 7.4
2Point4 Children
1991 · 7.4
The Vicar of Dibley
1994 · 7.4
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989 · 7.3
The Duellists
1977 · 7.3
Last of the Summer Wine
1973 · 7.2
Screen One
1989 · 7.2
The Queen's Nose
1995 · 7.2
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986 · 7.2
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005 · 7.1
Screen Two
1985 · 7.1
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975 · 7.1
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005 · 7.0
A Christmas Carol
1999 · 7.0
Nicholas Nickleby
1977 · 7.0
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001 · 7.0
Imaginary Friends
1987 · 7.0
When We Are Married
1987 · 7.0
Wife of Bath
1998 · 7.0
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980 · 7.0
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990 · 7.0
Jake's Journey
1988 · 7.0
Crystal Gazing
1982 · 7.0
The Bill
1984 · 6.8
Trial & Retribution
1997 · 6.8
In Loving Memory
1969 · 6.8
Oliver Twist
2005 · 6.8
Karaoke
1996 · 6.8
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983 · 6.7
Cluedo
1990 · 6.7
Keeping Mum
2005 · 6.7
Hard Labour
1973 · 6.7
Play for Today
1970 · 6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · 6.6
Apartment Zero
1989 · 6.6
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · 6.6
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981 · 6.5
A Christmas Carol
2000 · 6.5
City of Ember
2008 · 6.4
A Private Function
1984 · 6.4
Little Dorrit
1987 · 6.4
We Think the World of You
1988 · 6.4
Performance
1991 · 6.3
Oliver Twist
1999 · 6.3
The Magic Flute
2006 · 6.3
Casualty
1986 · 6.2
No, Honestly
1974 · 6.2
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · 6.2
Imperium: Nero
2004 · 6.2
Britannia Hospital
1982 · 6.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976 · 6.2
Haunted
1995 · 6.1
Agatha
1979 · 6.1
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999 · 6.1
Bleak Moments
1972 · 6.1
Treasure
2001 · 6.0
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997 · 6.0
Nero
2004 · 6.0
The Monster Club
1981 · 5.8
High Spirits
1988 · 5.8
Worlds Beyond
1986 · 5.8
The Revengers' Comedies
1998 · 5.8
Crown Court
1972 · 5.7
Pretty Princess
1993 · 5.6
The Stick Up
1977 · 5.6
Fanny Hill
1983 · 5.4
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000 · 5.4
Leo the Last
1970 · 5.4
Between The Sheets
2003 · 5.2
Tube Tales
1999 · 5.2
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004 · 5.1
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982 · 5.1
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989 · 5.1
Mann's Best Friends
1985 · 5.0
Dead Cool
2005 · 5.0
Spend Spend Spend
1977 · 5.0
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983 · 4.6
Son of the Pink Panther
1993 · 4.6
Dakota Road
1992 · 4.4
Flick
2008 · 4.2
All in Good Faith
1985 · 2.3
Second City Firsts
1973 · 0.0
Bedtime Stories
1974 · 0.0
Now and Then
1983 · 0.0
Seven Faces of Woman
1974 · 0.0
New Voices
1991 · 0.0
Valentine Park
1987 · 0.0
Pirates
1994 · 0.0
Breath
1975 · 0.0
Anna Spud
2003 · 0.0
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
2005 · 0.0
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009 · 0.0