LIZ SMITH
ACTING
Betty Gleadle (11 December 1921 – 24 December 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..
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit 2005
- Apartment Zero 1989
- High Spirits 1988
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989
- Britannia Hospital 1982
- Keeping Mum 2005
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying 1997
- Pretty Princess 1993
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 2005
- The Revengers' Comedies 1998
- A Private Function 1984
- Harem 1986
- Tube Tales 1999
- Alice in Wonderland 1999
- Bleak Moments 1971
- City of Ember 2008
- Secrets & Lies 1996
- Jake's Journey 1988
- We Think the World of You 1988
- Oliver Twist 2005
- A Christmas Carol 1984
- Tom's Midnight Garden 1999
- Agatha 1979
- A Christmas Carol 1999
- Nero 2004
- The French Lieutenant's Woman 1981
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades 2000
- Jack Point 1973
- The Magic Flute 2006
- Haunted 1995
- Bert Rigby, You're a Fool 1989
- The Duellists 1977
- The Monster Club 1981
- The Queen of Sheba 2006
- Trail of the Pink Panther 1982
- Son of the Pink Panther 1993
- Curse of the Pink Panther 1983
- Fanny Hill 1983
- The Vicar of Dibley 1994
- Bottom 1991
- The Royle Family 1998
- Lark Rise to Candleford 2008
- I Didn't Know You Cared 1975
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime 1983
- The Sweeney 1975
- Lovejoy 1986
- Last of the Summer Wine 1973
- 2Point4 Children 1991
- 2Point4 Children 1991
- Casualty 1986
- Oliver Twist 1999
- Takin' Over the Asylum 1994
- Imperium: Nero 2004
- Karaoke 1996
- Cluedo 1990
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992
- Crown Court 1972
- Ripping Yarns 1976
- The Gentle Touch 1980
- Play for Today 1970
- Play for Today 1970
- Play for Today 1970
- Play for Today 1970
- Play for Today 1970
- Play for Today 1970
- In Loving Memory 1969
- The Life and Loves of a She-Devil 1986