Liz Smith

Dec 11, 1921 - Dec 24, 2016 (95 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Last of the Summer Wine

Housekeeper

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Play for Today

Mrs. Mathews

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Crown Court

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The Bill

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V.I.P.

Self - Gossip Columnist

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Tony Awards

Self (archive footage)

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Casualty

Tillie

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The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Lena Finn

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American Masters

Self

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The Vicar of Dibley

Letitia Cropley

Credits

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa 2010

Self

★ 8.4
The Antiques Rogue Show 2009

Olive Greenhalgh

★ NR
City of Ember 2008

Granny

★ 6.3
Flick 2008

Ma

★ 4.4
Lark Rise to Candleford 2008

Zillah

★ 8.3
The Magic Flute 2006

The Old Papagena

★ 6.3
Keeping Mum 2005

Mrs. Parker

★ 6.6
Oliver Twist 2005

Old Woman

★ 6.7
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005

Mrs. Mulch (voice)

★ 7.1
Dead Cool 2005

Liz

★ 4
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005

Grandma Georgina

★ 7
Nero 2004

Soothsayer

★ 6
Imperium: Nero 2004

Sacrilega

★ 6
Between The Sheets 2003

★ 5.3
Anna Spud 2003

Gran

★ NR
A Good Thief 2002

Lizzie

★ NR
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby 2001

Peg Sliderskew

★ 7.9
Donovan Quick 2000

Granny

★ 6
A Christmas Carol 2000

Joyce

★ 6.3
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades 2000

Delfina

★ 5.1
Tube Tales 1999

Older Lady (segment "Horny")

★ 5.3
Tom's Midnight Garden 1999

Mrs Willows

★ 5.9
It's Only TV But I Like It 1999

Self

★ 6
Alice in Wonderland 1999

Miss Lory

★ 6.3
V.I.P. 1998

Self - Gossip Columnist

★ 5.3
The Royle Family 1998

Norma 'Nana' Speakman

★ 7.6
The Revengers' Comedies 1998

Winnie

★ 5.8
Anthrakitis 1998

Dolly

★ NR
Keep the Aspidistra Flying 1997

Mrs Meakin

★ 6
Trial & Retribution 1997

★ 6.8
An Evening with Lily Savage 1996

Self - Audience Member

★ NR
Secrets & Lies 1996

Woman with Cat

★ 7.6
Karaoke 1996

Mrs. Baglin

★ 6.9
Queen's Nose 1995

Grandma

★ 7
Haunted 1995

Old Gypsy Woman

★ 6.1
Crapston Villas 1995

Delia (voice)

★ 7.5
The Vicar of Dibley 1994

Letitia Cropley

★ 7.3
Doggin' Around 1994

Mrs. Thompson

★ 6
Pirates 1994

Gran

★ NR
Takin' Over the Asylum 1994

Harriet

★ 8.2
Shooting Stars 1993

Self

★ 7.6
Pretty Princess 1993

regina madre

★ 5.5
Son of the Pink Panther 1993

Marta Balls

★ 4.6
Dakota Road 1992

Joan Benson

★ 4
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992

Delfina

★ 6.5
Nona 1991

Anyula

★ NR
Bottom 1991

Fortune Teller

★ 7.9
2Point4 Children 1991

Bette

★ 7.2
Performance 1991

Anyula

★ 6
Cluedo 1990

Mrs. White

★ 6.4
Night of 100 Stars III 1990

Self

★ 4
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music 1990

Self

★ 10
El C.I.D. 1990

Mildred

★ NR
Drowning in the Shallow End 1990

Agent

★ NR
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989

Grace

★ 7.3
Apartment Zero 1989

Mary Louise McKinney

★ 6.8
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool 1989

Mrs. Rigby

★ 5.6
Words of Love 1989

Gran

★ NR
Young Charlie Chaplin 1989

Mrs. Greenwood

★ NR
We Think the World of You 1988

Millie

★ 6.7
High Spirits 1988

Mrs. Plunkett

★ 5.8
Jake's Journey 1988

Witch

★ 7
When We Are Married 1987

Mrs Northrop

★ NR
Little Dorrit 1987

Mrs. Bangham

★ 6.5
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries 1987

Lena Finn

★ 6.2
Valentine Park 1987

Mrs. Giles

★ NR
On the Palm 1987

Mrs Slatterthwaite

★ NR
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil 1986

Mrs. Fisher

★ 6.8
Casualty 1986

Tillie

★ 6
American Masters 1986

Self

★ 7.2
Harem 1986

Mrs. Pendleton

★ 4.8
Lovejoy 1986

Florence

★ 7.3
Mann's Best Friends 1985

Mrs. Anstruther

★ 5
A Private Function 1984

Mother

★ 6.3
The Bill 1984

★ 6.7
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime 1983

Hannah Macpherson

★ 6.1
Curse of the Pink Panther 1983

Marta Balls

★ 4.6
Now And Then 1983

★ NR
Mr. Right 1983

Gran

★ NR
Fanny Hill 1983

Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

★ 5.3
Separate Tables 1983

Miss Meacham

★ 6.3
Trail of the Pink Panther 1982

Martha Balls (archive footage)

★ 5.2
Mike Leigh: Making Plays 1982

Self (archive footage)

★ 8
Britannia Hospital 1982

Maisie

★ 6.4
The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981

Mrs. Fairley

★ 6.4
The Monster Club 1981

Villager

★ 6
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End 1980

Lady Phillipa of Staines

★ 6.6
The Gentle Touch 1980

Edna Slater

★ 6.9
Murder Rap 1980

Elfie

★ NR
Agatha 1979

Flora

★ 6.3
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite 1977

Mrs. Bag

★ NR
The Duellists 1977

Fortune Teller

★ 7.3
The Stick Up 1977

Hotel Manageress

★ 4.5
Nicholas Nickleby 1977

Peg Sliderskew

★ 5.5
Spend Spend Spend 1977

Keith's Granny

★ 7
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1976

La Falourdel

★ 5
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet 1976

Mrs. Dodds

★ 6
Ripping Yarns 1976

Mrs. Bag

★ 7.4
Keep an Eye on Albert 1975

Mrs. Oxfam

★ NR
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow 1975

Vi Bell

★ 8
I Didn't Know You Cared 1975

Annie Brandon

★ 6.8
Breath 1975

Mrs. Pritchett

★ NR
The Sweeney 1975

Mrs. Davies

★ 7.7
Taking Leave 1974

Confused Lady

★ NR
Bedtime Stories 1974

Miss Long

★ NR
Within These Walls 1974

★ 5.3
Jack Point 1973

Mrs. Matthews

★ NR
Hard Labour 1973

Mrs. Thornley

★ 6.5
Last of the Summer Wine 1973

Housekeeper

★ 7.1
Crown Court 1972

★ 5.4
Bleak Moments 1971

Pat's Mother

★ 6.1
Play for Today 1970

Mrs. Mathews

★ 6.3
Leo the Last 1970

★ 5.4
In Loving Memory 1969

Hilda Pardoe

★ 6.8
Tony Awards 1956

Self (archive footage)

★ 4.6