Liz Smith
Born: 1921-12-11
• Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
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The Antiques Rogue Show
City of Ember
Flick
The Magic Flute
Keeping Mum
Oliver Twist
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Dead Cool
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nero
Anna Spud
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A Good Thief
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Donovan Quick
A Christmas Carol
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
A Christmas Carol
Tube Tales
Tom's Midnight Garden
Alice in Wonderland
Wife of Bath
The Revengers' Comedies
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Anthrakitis
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
An Evening with Lily Savage
Secrets & Lies
Haunted
Doggin' Around
Pretty Princess
Son of the Pink Panther
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Dakota Road
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Nona
Night of 100 Stars III
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Drowning in the Shallow End
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Apartment Zero
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Words of Love
We Think the World of You
High Spirits
Jake's Journey
When We Are Married
Little Dorrit
On the Palm
Harem
A Private Function
A Christmas Carol
Curse of the Pink Panther
Fanny Hill
Separate Tables
Trail of the Pink Panther
Crystal Gazing
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Britannia Hospital
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The Monster Club
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Murder Rap
Agatha
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
The Duellists
The Stick Up
Spend Spend Spend
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Keep an Eye on Albert
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Breath
Taking Leave
Jack Point
Hard Labour
Bleak Moments
Leo the Last