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.
129 acting credits
Acting · 129
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Casualty
1986
Play for Today
1970
Crown Court
1972
Tony Awards
1956
V.I.P.
1998
Wogan
1982
American Masters
1986
The Sweeney
1975
Last of the Summer Wine
1973
The Bill
1984
Screen Two
1985
An Audience with...
1978
V Graham Norton
2002
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Lovejoy
1986
Performance
1991
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
Shooting Stars
1993
The Vicar of Dibley
1994
The Duchess of Duke Street
1976
2Point4 Children
1991
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
The Gentle Touch
1980
Screen One
1989
Cluedo
1990
So Graham Norton
1998
City of Ember
2008
The Royle Family
1998
Bottom
1991
The Queen's Nose
1995
Karaoke
1996
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
1983
Oliver Twist
1999
It's Only TV But I Like It
1999
El C.I.D.
1990
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1989
Worlds Beyond
1986
In Loving Memory
1969
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
2026
Ripping Yarns
1976
Oliver Twist
2005
Secrets & Lies
1996
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Between The Sheets
2003
I Didn't Know You Cared
1975
The Duellists
1977
Crapston Villas
1995
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
Keeping Mum
2005
Nicholas Nickleby
1977
Imperium: Nero
2004
A Christmas Carol
1999
A Christmas Carol
1984
Haunted
1995
Curse of the Pink Panther
1983
The French Lieutenant's Woman
1981
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
Bedtime Stories
1974
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
High Spirits
1988
Son of the Pink Panther
1993
Pirates
1994
Trail of the Pink Panther
1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
2001
Britannia Hospital
1982
Tube Tales
1999
Mr. Right
1983
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
The Monster Club
1981
Harem
1986
Agatha
1979
Flick
2008
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
Little Dorrit
1987
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
2000
The Revengers' Comedies
1998
A Private Function
1984
Fanny Hill
1983
Now And Then
1983
Nero
2004
Apartment Zero
1989
Valentine Park
1987
Bleak Moments
1971
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1997
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982
Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
The Magic Flute
2006
Dead Cool
2005
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
1976
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976
Leo the Last
1970
Nona
1991
Doggin' Around
1994
Dakota Road
1992
Separate Tables
1983
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1989
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
Mann's Best Friends
1985
We Think the World of You
1988
Pretty Princess
1993
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
1980
The Stick Up
1977
Hard Labour
1973
When We Are Married
1987
Breath
1975
Murder Rap
1980
A Good Thief
2002
Donovan Quick
2000
Keep an Eye on Albert
1975
On the Palm
1987
An Evening with Lily Savage
1996
Drowning in the Shallow End
1990
Wife of Bath
1998
A Christmas Carol
2000
Taking Leave
1974
Crystal Gazing
1982
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
Words of Love
1989
Jack Point
1973
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1977
Jake's Journey
1988
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1975
Spend Spend Spend
1977
Anna Spud
2003
Anthrakitis
1998