Liz Smith

Liz Smith (95)

1921-12-11 - 2016-12-24 | 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.

On Movies

  • 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
  • A Good Thief
  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
  • Donovan Quick
  • A Christmas Carol
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Tube Tales
  • Tom's Midnight Garden
  • Alice in Wonderland
  • The Revengers' Comedies
  • Anthrakitis
  • Keep the Aspidistra Flying
  • An Evening with Lily Savage
  • Secrets & Lies
  • Haunted
  • Doggin' Around
  • Pretty Princess
  • Son of the Pink Panther
  • Dakota Road
  • Nona
  • Night of 100 Stars III
  • 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
  • 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

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