Liz Smith
Known for: Actress
Born: 11 December 1921, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Died: 24 December 2016
Credits: 60+ titles
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 Antiques Rogue Show
City of Ember
Flick
Lark Rise to Candleford
The Magic Flute
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
Imperium: Nero
Nero
Between The Sheets
Anna Spud
A Good Thief
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
Alice in Wonderland
Wife of Bath
The Royle Family
The Revengers' Comedies
Anthrakitis
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Trial & Retribution
Secrets & Lies
Karaoke
The Queen's Nose
Crapston Villas
Haunted
The Vicar of Dibley
Doggin' Around
Pirates
Takin' Over the Asylum
Pretty Princess
Son of the Pink Panther
Dakota Road
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Nona
Performance
Bottom
2Point4 Children
New Voices
Cluedo
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