Liz Smith
Acting
🎂 1921-12-11
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.
Cast credits(131)
Self
2007
Self
1982
Mrs. Mathews
1970
Keith's Granny
1970
Mrs. Thornley
1970
Mrs. Pritchett
1970
Mrs. Oxfam
1970
Elfie
1970
1970
Self (archive footage)
1956
Tillie
1986
1972
Mrs. Fowkes
1972
Grandma Georgina
2005
Self - Gossip Columnist
1998
Housekeeper
1973
1984
Self
1978
Mrs. Davies
1975
Self
1986
Anyula
1991
Self
2002
Letitia Cropley
1994
Lena Finn
1987
Self
1993
1997
Mrs. Mulch (voice)
2005
Florence
1986
Delfina
1992
2004
Granny
2008
Zillah
2008
Norma 'Nana' Speakman
1998
Fortune Teller
1991
Self
1998
Mrs. Parker
2005
Mrs. Dilber
1984
Bette
1991
Auntie Belle
1991
Old Woman
2005
Mrs. White
1990
Martha Balls (archive footage)
1982
Edna Slater
1980
Woman with Cat
1996
Miss Lory
1999
Mary Louise McKinney
1989
Self
1999
Grace
1989
Mrs Dilber
1999
regina madre
1993
Hannah Macpherson
1983
Peg Sliderskew
2001
Marta Balls
1983
Self
1990
Mrs. Bangham
1987
1974
Fortune Teller
1977
Marta Balls
1993
Mrs. Fairley
1981
Sally
1999
Mrs. Plunkett
1988
Old Gypsy Woman
1995
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
1983
Mrs. Pendleton
1986
Mrs. Baglin
1996
Flora
1979
Granny
2000
Harriet
1994
Sacrilega
2004
Lady Phillipa of Staines
1980
Joan Benson
1992
Mrs. Bag
1976
Confused Lady
1974
Annie Brandon
1975
Keith's Granny
1977
Grandma
1995
Mother
1984
Older Lady (segment "Horny")
1999
Mrs Willows
1999
Self - Audience Member
1996
2003
The Old Papagena
2006
Maisie
1982
Self
2010
Soothsayer
2004
Delfina
2000
Mrs. Matthews
1973
Mrs. Oxfam
1975
Winnie
1998
Self (archive footage)
1982
Elfie
1980
Miss Meacham
1983
Mrs. Thornley
1973
La Falourdel
1976
Mrs Northrop
1987
Villager
1981
Mrs. Greenwood
1989
1970
Hotel Manageress
1977
Delia (voice)
1995
Gran
1989
Mrs. Thompson
1994
Mrs. Dodds
1976
Joyce
2000
Vi Bell
1975
Hilda Pardoe
1969
Self
1990
Witch
1988
Gran
1994
Pat's Mother
1971
Mildred
1990
Mrs. Giles
1987
Mrs. Rigby
1989
Mrs. Fisher
1986
1983
Millie
1988
Ma
2008
Mrs. Anstruther
1985
Agent
1990
Mrs. Pritchett
1975
Miss Long
1974
Mrs Meakin
1997
Liz
2005
Dolly
1998
Mrs. Bag
1977
Gran
1983
Gran
2003
Mrs Slatterthwaite
1987
Anyula
1991
Lizzie
2002
Olive Greenhalgh
2009