Liz Smith
Acting
- Born:
- 1921-12-11
- Died:
- 2016-12-24
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
The Antiques Rogue Show
City of Ember
Flick
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Graham Norton Show
The Magic Flute
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
Keeping Mum
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
Oliver Twist
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Dead Cool
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The Paul O'Grady Show
Nero
Imperium: Nero
Between The Sheets
Anna Spud
A Good Thief
V Graham Norton
Treasure
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Donovan Quick
A Christmas Carol
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
A Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
Tube Tales
Tom's Midnight Garden
It's Only TV But I Like It
Alice in Wonderland
V.I.P.
Wife of Bath
The Royle Family
So Graham Norton
The Revengers' Comedies
Anthrakitis
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Trial & Retribution
An Evening with Lily Savage
Secrets & Lies
Karaoke
The Queen's Nose
Haunted
Crapston Villas
The Vicar of Dibley
Doggin' Around
Pirates
Takin' Over the Asylum
Shooting Stars
Pretty Princess
Son of the Pink Panther
Dakota Road
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Nona
Performance
Bottom
2Point4 Children
Cluedo
Night of 100 Stars III
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
El C.I.D.
Drowning in the Shallow End
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Screen One
Apartment Zero
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Words of Love
Young Charlie Chaplin
We Think the World of You
High Spirits
Jake's Journey
When We Are Married
Little Dorrit
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Imaginary Friends
Valentine Park
On the Palm
Worlds Beyond
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Casualty
American Masters
Harem
Lovejoy
Mann's Best Friends
Screen Two
A Private Function
The Bill
A Christmas Carol
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Curse of the Pink Panther
Now And Then
Mr. Right
Fanny Hill
Separate Tables
Trail of the Pink Panther
Crystal Gazing
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Britannia Hospital
Wogan
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The Monster Club
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Murder Rap
Agatha
An Audience with...
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
The Duellists
The Stick Up
Nicholas Nickleby
Spend Spend Spend
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
The Duchess of Duke Street
Ripping Yarns
Keep an Eye on Albert
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
I Didn't Know You Cared
Breath
The Sweeney
Taking Leave
No, Honestly
Village Hall
Seven Faces of Woman
Bedtime Stories
Jack Point
Second City Firsts
Hard Labour
Last of the Summer Wine
Crown Court
Bleak Moments
Play for Today
Leo the Last
In Loving Memory
Tony Awards