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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
The Sweeney
7.739
Shooting Stars
7.6
The Bill
6.7
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
6.537
The Vicar of Dibley
7.3
The Paul O'Grady Show
4.6
Crown Court
5.4
Bottom
7.9
The Royle Family
7.6
Lovejoy
7.3
Between The Sheets
5.3
Lark Rise to Candleford
8.3
I Didn't Know You Cared
6.8
Crapston Villas
7.5
Trial & Retribution
6.769
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
6.1
So Graham Norton
6.3
V Graham Norton
5
Within These Walls
5.3
Wogan
4.5
Pirates
0
Now And Then
0
Nicholas Nickleby
5.5
It's Only TV But I Like It
6
Young Charlie Chaplin
0
Bedtime Stories
0
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
6.2
Crown Court
5.4
Tony Awards
5.1
Last of the Summer Wine
7.1
The Graham Norton Show
7.2
2Point4 Children
7.2
2Point4 Children
7.2
Ripping Yarns
7.4
An Audience with...
5.3
Casualty
6.1
Oliver Twist
6.3
Takin' Over the Asylum
8.2
Imperium: Nero
6
El C.I.D.
0
Valentine Park
0
The Gentle Touch
6.9
Play for Today
6.333
Play for Today
6.333
Play for Today
6.333
Play for Today
6.333
Play for Today
6.333
Play for Today
6.333
In Loving Memory
6.8
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
6.8
American Masters
7.3
Karaoke
6.9
Performance
6
Cluedo
6.4
Play for Today
6.333
V.I.P.
5.3
Mann's Best Friends
5
Mr. Right
0
Queen's Nose
7
Movies
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
7.042
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
7.113
Apartment Zero
6.8
High Spirits
5.82
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
7.3
Agatha
6.164
Britannia Hospital
6.3
Little Dorrit
6.5
Keeping Mum
6.7
An Evening with Lily Savage
0
Anthrakitis
0
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
6
Pretty Princess
5.55
The Stick Up
4.5
Bleak Moments
6.1
Words of Love
0
Son of the Pink Panther
4.6
Leo the Last
5.4
The Revengers' Comedies
5.8
Anna Spud
0
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
7.9
Night of 100 Stars III
4
Curse of the Pink Panther
4.61
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
5
Fanny Hill
5.3
The Antiques Rogue Show
0
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
8
Nona
0
A Private Function
6.292
A Christmas Carol
6.3
Harem
4.8
Tube Tales
5.059
Donovan Quick
5.667
Flick
4.4
Doggin' Around
6
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
7
Alice in Wonderland
6.2
Dakota Road
4
City of Ember
6.343
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
8
Hard Labour
6.5
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
6
A Good Thief
0
Secrets & Lies
7.554
Jake's Journey
7
We Think the World of You
6.625
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
6.6
Oliver Twist
6.74
A Christmas Carol
7.5
Tom's Midnight Garden
5.9
A Christmas Carol
6.9
Spend Spend Spend
7
Nero
6
Separate Tables
6.2
Dead Cool
2.5
The French Lieutenant's Woman
6.4
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
5.1
Jack Point
0
Taking Leave
0
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
10
The Magic Flute
6.3
Haunted
6.067
Breath
0
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
4.833
Keep an Eye on Albert
0
The Duellists
7.253
The Monster Club
5.924
Murder Rap
0
Trail of the Pink Panther
5.188
On the Palm
0
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
8.4
When We Are Married
0
Drowning in the Shallow End
0