Liz Smith
Birthday
1921/12/11
Day of death
2016/12/24 (95 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also know as
Betty Gleadle
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.
Acting
(2005) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Grandma Georgina
(2005) Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Mrs. Mulch (voice)
(1989) Apartment Zero
as Mary Louise McKinney
(1988) High Spirits
as Mrs. Plunkett
(1989) The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Grace
(1979) Agatha
as Flora
(1982) Britannia Hospital
as Maisie
(1987) Little Dorrit
as Mrs. Bangham
(2005) Keeping Mum
as Mrs. Parker
(1996) An Evening with Lily Savage
as Self - Audience Member
(1998) Anthrakitis
as Dolly
(1997) Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Mrs Meakin
(1993) Pretty Princess
as regina madre
(1977) The Stick Up
as Hotel Manageress
(1971) Bleak Moments
as Pat's Mother
(1989) Words of Love
as Gran
(1993) Son of the Pink Panther
as Marta Balls
(1970) Leo the Last
as ---
(1998) The Revengers' Comedies
as Winnie
(2003) Anna Spud
as Gran
(2001) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Peg Sliderskew
(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
(1983) Curse of the Pink Panther
as Marta Balls
(1976) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as La Falourdel
(1983) Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
(2009) The Antiques Rogue Show
as Olive Greenhalgh
(1975) It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
as Vi Bell
(1991) Nona
as Anyula
(1984) A Private Function
as Mother
(2000) A Christmas Carol
as Joyce
(1999) Tube Tales
as Older Lady (segment "Horny")
(1986) Harem
as Mrs. Pendleton
(2000) Donovan Quick
as Granny
(2008) Flick
as Ma
(1994) Doggin' Around
as Mrs. Thompson
(1977) The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Mrs. Bag
(1999) Alice in Wonderland
as Miss Lory
(1992) Dakota Road
as Joan Benson
(2008) City of Ember
as Granny
(1982) Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) Hard Labour
as Mrs. Thornley
(1976) It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Mrs. Dodds
(2002) A Good Thief
as Lizzie
(1996) Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Cat
(1988) Jake's Journey
as Witch
(1988) We Think the World of You
as Millie
(1980) Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Lady Phillipa of Staines
(2005) Oliver Twist
as Old Woman
(1984) A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Dilber
(1999) Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Willows
(1999) A Christmas Carol
as Mrs Dilber
(1977) Spend Spend Spend
as Keith's Granny
(2004) Nero
as Soothsayer
(1983) Separate Tables
as Miss Meacham
(2005) Dead Cool
as Liz
(1981) The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Mrs. Fairley
(2000) The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Delfina
(1973) Jack Point
as Mrs. Matthews
(1974) Taking Leave
as Confused Lady
(1990) Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
(2006) The Magic Flute
as The Old Papagena
(1995) Haunted
as Old Gypsy Woman
(1975) Breath
as Mrs. Pritchett
(1989) Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
as Mrs. Rigby
(1975) Keep an Eye on Albert
as Mrs. Oxfam
(1977) The Duellists
as Fortune Teller
(1981) The Monster Club
as Villager
(1980) Murder Rap
as Elfie
(2006) The Queen of Sheba
as Norma Speakman
(1982) Trail of the Pink Panther
as Martha Balls (archive footage)
(1987) On the Palm
as Mrs Slatterthwaite
(2010) The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
(1987) When We Are Married
as Mrs Northrop
(1975) The Sweeney
as Mrs. Davies
(1993) Shooting Stars
as Self
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1992) The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Delfina
(1994) The Vicar of Dibley
as Letitia Cropley
(2004) The Paul O'Grady Show
as ---
(1972) Crown Court
as ---
(1991) Bottom
as Fortune Teller
(1998) The Royle Family
as Norma 'Nana' Speakman
(1986) Lovejoy
as Florence
(2003) Between The Sheets
as ---
(2008) Lark Rise to Candleford
as Zillah
(1975) I Didn't Know You Cared
as Annie Brandon
(1995) Crapston Villas
as Delia (voice)
(1997) Trial & Retribution
as ---
(1983) Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Hannah Macpherson
(1998) So Graham Norton
as Self
(2002) V Graham Norton
as Self
(1974) Within These Walls
as ---
(1982) Wogan
as Self
(1994) Pirates
as Gran
(1983) Now And Then
as ---
(1977) Nicholas Nickleby
as Peg Sliderskew
(1999) It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
(1989) Young Charlie Chaplin
as Mrs. Greenwood
(1974) Bedtime Stories
as Miss Long
(1987) The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Lena Finn
(1972) Crown Court
as Mrs. Fowkes
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
(1973) Last of the Summer Wine
as Housekeeper
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(1991) 2Point4 Children
as Bette
(1991) 2Point4 Children
as Auntie Belle
(1976) Ripping Yarns
as Mrs. Bag
(1978) An Audience with...
as Self
(1986) Casualty
as Tillie
(1999) Oliver Twist
as Sally
(1994) Takin' Over the Asylum
as Harriet
(2004) Imperium: Nero
as Sacrilega
(1990) El C.I.D.
as Mildred
(1987) Valentine Park
as Mrs. Giles
(1980) The Gentle Touch
as Edna Slater
(1970) Play for Today
as Mrs. Mathews
(1970) Play for Today
as Elfie
(1970) Play for Today
as Mrs. Oxfam
(1969) In Loving Memory
as Hilda Pardoe
(1970) Play for Today
as Mrs. Thornley
(1970) Play for Today
as Mrs. Pritchett
(1970) Play for Today
as Keith's Granny
(1986) The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
as Mrs. Fisher
(1986) American Masters
as Self
(1996) Karaoke
as Mrs. Baglin
(1991) Performance
as Anyula
(1990) Cluedo
as Mrs. White
(1970) Play for Today
as ---
(1998) V.I.P.
as Self - Gossip Columnist
(1985) Mann's Best Friends
as Mrs. Anstruther