Personal Info
Birthday
December 11, 1921
Place of Birth
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Liz Smith
Biography
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.
Acting Filmography (121)
7.2
Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
TV Series2026
No Backdrop
8.4
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Movie2010
6.4
City of Ember
Movie2008
4.0
Flick
Movie2008
8.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
TV Series2008
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
TV Series2007
6.4
The Magic Flute
Movie2006
6.7
Keeping Mum
Movie2005
6.8
Oliver Twist
Movie2005
7.1
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Movie2005
No Backdrop
5.0
Dead Cool
Movie2005
7.0
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Movie2005
No Backdrop
5.1
The Paul O'Grady Show
TV Series2004
6.0
Nero
Movie2004
6.2
Imperium: Nero
TV Series2004
No Backdrop
5.2
Between The Sheets
TV Series2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Anna Spud
Movie2003
No Backdrop
5.3
V Graham Norton
TV Series2002
7.6
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Movie2001
No Backdrop
0.0
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
TV Series2001
No Backdrop
6.0
Donovan Quick
Movie2000
No Backdrop
6.8
A Christmas Carol
Movie2000
5.5
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Movie2000
7.0
A Christmas Carol
Movie1999
6.3
Oliver Twist
TV Series1999
5.3
Tube Tales
Movie1999
6.1
Tom's Midnight Garden
Movie1999
6.2
Alice in Wonderland
Movie1999
5.3
V.I.P.
TV Series1998
7.0
Wife of Bath
Movie1998
7.6
The Royle Family
TV Series1998
No Backdrop
7.4
So Graham Norton
TV Series1998
5.8
The Revengers' Comedies
Movie1998
6.1
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Movie1997
6.8
Trial & Retribution
TV Series1997
No Backdrop
10.0
An Evening with Lily Savage
Movie1996
7.6
Secrets & Lies
Movie1996
6.8
Karaoke
TV Series1996
No Backdrop
7.2
The Queen's Nose
TV Series1995
6.1
Haunted
Movie1995
No Backdrop
7.5
Crapston Villas
TV Series1995
7.3
The Vicar of Dibley
TV Series1994
No Backdrop
6.5
Doggin' Around
Movie1994
0.0
Pirates
TV Series1994
8.4
Takin' Over the Asylum
TV Series1994
7.7
Shooting Stars
TV Series1993
5.6
Pretty Princess
Movie1993
4.6
Son of the Pink Panther
Movie1993
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV Series1992
No Backdrop
6.3
Performance
TV Series1991
7.9
Bottom
TV Series1991
7.3
2Point4 Children
TV Series1991
6.8
Cluedo
TV Series1990
No Backdrop
4.0
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie1990
No Backdrop
10.0
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Movie1990
No Backdrop
7.0
Drowning in the Shallow End
Movie1990
7.3
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Movie1989
7.2
Screen One
TV Series1989
6.7
Apartment Zero
Movie1989
5.1
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Movie1989
No Backdrop
9.0
Words of Love
Movie1989
No Backdrop
10.0
Young Charlie Chaplin
TV Series1989
6.4
We Think the World of You
Movie1988
5.8
High Spirits
Movie1988
7.0
Jake's Journey
Movie1988
No Backdrop
7.0
When We Are Married
Movie1987
6.4
Little Dorrit
Movie1987
No Backdrop
6.6
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
0.0
Valentine Park
TV Series1987
No Backdrop
0.0
On the Palm
Movie1987
No Backdrop
5.8
Worlds Beyond
TV Series1986
7.2
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
TV Series1986
6.2
Casualty
TV Series1986
7.0
American Masters
TV Series1986
5.4
Harem
Movie1986
7.4
Lovejoy
TV Series1986
No Backdrop
5.0
Mann's Best Friends
TV Series1985
7.1
Screen Two
TV Series1985
6.4
A Private Function
Movie1984
6.8
The Bill
TV Series1984
7.5
A Christmas Carol
Movie1984
6.4
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
TV Series1983
4.6
Curse of the Pink Panther
Movie1983
5.4
Fanny Hill
Movie1983
No Backdrop
6.6
Separate Tables
Movie1983
5.2
Trail of the Pink Panther
Movie1982
7.0
Crystal Gazing
Movie1982
No Backdrop
8.0
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Movie1982
6.3
Britannia Hospital
Movie1982
5.3
Wogan
TV Series1982
6.5
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Movie1981
5.8
The Monster Club
Movie1981
7.0
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Movie1980
No Backdrop
0.0
Murder Rap
Movie1980
6.1
Agatha
Movie1979
5.3
An Audience with...
TV Series1978
8.5
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Movie1977
7.2
The Duellists
Movie1977
No Backdrop
5.6
The Stick Up
Movie1977
7.0
Nicholas Nickleby
TV Series1977
No Backdrop
5.0
Spend Spend Spend
Movie1977
No Backdrop
6.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie1976
No Backdrop
8.0
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Movie1976
8.0
The Duchess of Duke Street
TV Series1976
7.7
Ripping Yarns
TV Series1976
No Backdrop
0.0
Keep an Eye on Albert
Movie1975
No Backdrop
7.8
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Movie1975
7.1
I Didn't Know You Cared
TV Series1975
No Backdrop
0.0
Breath
Movie1975
8.1
The Sweeney
TV Series1975
No Backdrop
0.0
Taking Leave
Movie1974
No Backdrop
0.0
Bedtime Stories
TV Series1974
8.0
Jack Point
Movie1973
No Backdrop
6.7
Hard Labour
Movie1973
7.2
Last of the Summer Wine
TV Series1973
5.7
Crown Court
TV Series1972
6.1
Bleak Moments
Movie1971
6.6
Play for Today
TV Series1970
5.3
Leo the Last
Movie1970
6.8
In Loving Memory
TV Series1969
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956