Liz Smith

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: Acting

Born: Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK, 1921-12-11

Died: 2016-12-24

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	Leo the Last		54
2	1971	Bleak Moments	Pat's Mother	61
3	1973	Hard Labour	Mrs. Thornley	65
4	1973	Jack Point	Mrs. Matthews	0
5	1974	Taking Leave	Confused Lady	0
6	1975	Breath	Mrs. Pritchett	0
7	1975	It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow	Vi Bell	80
8	1975	Keep an Eye on Albert	Mrs. Oxfam	0
9	1976	It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet	Mrs. Dodds	60
10	1976	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	La Falourdel	50
11	1977	Spend Spend Spend	Keith's Granny	70
12	1977	The Stick Up	Hotel Manageress	45
13	1977	The Duellists	Fortune Teller	73
14	1977	The Testing of Eric Olthwaite	Mrs. Bag	0
15	1979	Agatha	Flora	63
16	1980	Murder Rap	Elfie	0
17	1980	Sir Henry at Rawlinson End	Lady Phillipa of Staines	66
18	1981	The Monster Club	Villager	60
19	1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Mrs. Fairley	64
20	1982	Britannia Hospital	Maisie	63
21	1982	Mike Leigh: Making Plays	Self (archive footage)	80
22	1982	Trail of the Pink Panther	Martha Balls (archive footage)	52
23	1983	Fanny Hill	Mrs. Jones (uncredited)	53
24	1983	Separate Tables	Miss Meacham	63
25	1983	Curse of the Pink Panther	Marta Balls	46
26	1984	A Christmas Carol	Mrs. Dilber	75
27	1984	A Private Function	Mother	63
28	1986	Harem	Mrs. Pendleton	48
29	1987	On the Palm	Mrs Slatterthwaite	0
30	1987	Little Dorrit	Mrs. Bangham	65
31	1987	When We Are Married	Mrs Northrop	0
32	1988	Jake's Journey	Witch	70
33	1988	High Spirits	Mrs. Plunkett	58
34	1988	We Think the World of You	Millie	67
35	1989	Words of Love	Gran	0
36	1989	Bert Rigby, You're a Fool	Mrs. Rigby	56
37	1989	Apartment Zero	Mary Louise McKinney	67
38	1989	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Grace	73
39	1990	Drowning in the Shallow End	Agent	0
40	1990	Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music	Self	100
41	1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self	40
42	1991	Nona	Anyula	0
43	1992	Dakota Road	Joan Benson	40
44	1993	Son of the Pink Panther	Marta Balls	46
45	1993	Pretty Princess	regina madre	55
46	1994	Doggin' Around	Mrs. Thompson	60
47	1995	Haunted	Old Gypsy Woman	61
48	1996	Secrets & Lies	Woman with Cat	75
49	1996	An Evening with Lily Savage	Self - Audience Member	0
50	1997	Keep the Aspidistra Flying	Mrs Meakin	60
51	1998	Anthrakitis	Dolly	0
52	1998	The Revengers' Comedies	Winnie	58
53	1999	Alice in Wonderland	Miss Lory	63
54	1999	Tom's Midnight Garden	Mrs Willows	59
55	1999	Tube Tales	Older Lady (segment "Horny")	53
56	1999	A Christmas Carol	Mrs Dilber	69
57	2000	A Christmas Carol	Joyce	63
58	2000	Donovan Quick	Granny	60
59	2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Peg Sliderskew	79
60	2002	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades	Delfina	50
61	2002	A Good Thief	Lizzie	0
62	2003	Anna Spud	Gran	0
63	2004	Nero	Soothsayer	60
64	2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Grandma Georgina	70
65	2005	Dead Cool	Liz	40
66	2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Mrs. Mulch (voice)	71
67	2005	Oliver Twist	Old Woman	67
68	2005	Keeping Mum	Mrs. Parker	67
69	2006	The Magic Flute	The Old Papagena	63
70	2006	The Queen of Sheba	Norma Speakman	75
71	2008	Flick	Ma	47
72	2008	City of Ember	Granny	63
73	2009	The Antiques Rogue Show	Olive Greenhalgh	0
74	2010	The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa	Self	84

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self (archive footage)	46
2	1969	In Loving Memory	Hilda Pardoe	68
3	1970	Play for Today	Mrs. Mathews	61
4	1970	Play for Today	Keith's Granny	61
5	1970	Play for Today	Mrs. Thornley	61
6	1970	Play for Today	Mrs. Pritchett	61
7	1970	Play for Today	Mrs. Oxfam	61
8	1970	Play for Today	Elfie	61
9	1970	Play for Today		61
10	1972	Crown Court		54
11	1972	Crown Court	Mrs. Fowkes	54
12	1973	Last of the Summer Wine	Housekeeper	71
13	1974	Within These Walls		53
14	1974	Bedtime Stories	Miss Long	0
15	1975	The Sweeney	Mrs. Davies	77
16	1975	I Didn't Know You Cared	Annie Brandon	70
17	1976	Ripping Yarns	Mrs. Bag	74
18	1977	Nicholas Nickleby	Peg Sliderskew	55
19	1978	An Audience with...	Self	53
20	1980	The Gentle Touch	Edna Slater	69
21	1982	Wogan	Self	45
22	1983	Now And Then		0
23	1983	Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime	Hannah Macpherson	61
24	1984	The Bill		67
25	1985	Mann's Best Friends	Mrs. Anstruther	50
26	1986	Lovejoy	Florence	73
27	1986	American Masters	Self	71
28	1986	Casualty	Tillie	60
29	1986	The Life and Loves of a She-Devil	Mrs. Fisher	68
30	1987	Valentine Park	Mrs. Giles	0
31	1987	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	Lena Finn	62
32	1989	Young Charlie Chaplin	Mrs. Greenwood	0
33	1990	El C.I.D.	Mildred	0
34	1990	Cluedo	Mrs. White	64
35	1991	Performance	Anyula	60
36	1991	2Point4 Children	Bette	72
37	1991	2Point4 Children	Auntie Belle	72
38	1991	Bottom	Fortune Teller	79
39	1992	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Delfina	65
40	1993	Shooting Stars	Self	76
41	1994	Takin' Over the Asylum	Harriet	82
42	1994	Pirates	Gran	0
43	1994	The Vicar of Dibley	Letitia Cropley	74
44	1995	Crapston Villas	Delia (voice)	75
45	1996	Karaoke	Mrs. Baglin	69
46	1997	Trial & Retribution		65
47	1998	So Graham Norton	Self	63
48	1998	The Royle Family	Norma 'Nana' Speakman	76
49	1998	V.I.P.	Self - Gossip Columnist	52
50	1999	It's Only TV But I Like It	Self	60
51	1999	Oliver Twist	Sally	63
52	2002	V Graham Norton	Self	50
53	2003	Between The Sheets		53
54	2004	Imperium: Nero	Sacrilega	60
55	2004	The Paul O'Grady Show		46
56	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
57	2008	Lark Rise to Candleford	Zillah	83