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-Rabbit2005
- Apartment Zero1989
- High Spirits1988
- The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover1989
- Britannia Hospital1982
- Keeping Mum2005
- Keep the Aspidistra Flying1997
- Pretty Princess1993
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory2005
- The Revengers' Comedies1998
- A Private Function1984
- Tube Tales1999
- Harem1986
- Alice in Wonderland1999
- Bleak Moments1971
- City of Ember2008
- Secrets & Lies1996
- Jake's Journey1988
- We Think the World of You1988
- Oliver Twist2005
- A Christmas Carol1984
- Tom's Midnight Garden1999
- Agatha1979
- A Christmas Carol1999
- Nero2004
- The French Lieutenant's Woman1981
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades2000
- Jack Point1973
- The Magic Flute2006
- Haunted1995
- Bert Rigby, You're a Fool1989
- The Duellists1977
- The Monster Club1981
- The Queen of Sheba2006
- Trail of the Pink Panther1982
- Son of the Pink Panther1993
- Curse of the Pink Panther1983
- Fanny Hill1983
- The Vicar of Dibley1994
- Bottom1991
- The Royle Family1998
- Lark Rise to Candleford2008
- I Didn't Know You Cared1975
- Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime1983
- The Sweeney1975
- Lovejoy1986
- Last of the Summer Wine1973
- 2Point4 Children1991
- 2Point4 Children1991
- Casualty1986
- Oliver Twist1999
- Takin' Over the Asylum1994
- Imperium: Nero2004
- Karaoke1996
- Cluedo1990
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992
- Crown Court1972
- Ripping Yarns1976
- The Gentle Touch1980
- Play for Today1970
- Play for Today1970
- Play for Today1970
- Play for Today1970
- Play for Today1970
- Play for Today1970
- In Loving Memory1969
- The Life and Loves of a She-Devil1986