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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 11, 1921
Died
December 24, 2016
Place of Birth
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Also Known As
- Betty Gleadle
Liz Smith
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
8.4
Self
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010
🎬
0.0
Olive Greenhalgh
The Antiques Rogue Show
2009
6.3
Granny
City of Ember
2008
4.4
Ma
Flick
2008
8.3
Zillah
Lark Rise to Candleford
2008
7.2
Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
6.3
The Old Papagena
The Magic Flute
2006
6.7
Mrs. Parker
Keeping Mum
2005
6.7
Old Woman
Oliver Twist
2005
7.1
Mrs. Mulch (voice)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2005
Credits
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
as Self
2010
8.4
🎬
The Antiques Rogue Show
as Olive Greenhalgh
2009
0.0
City of Ember
as Granny
2008
6.3
Flick
as Ma
2008
4.4
Lark Rise to Candleford
as Zillah
2008
8.3
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
The Magic Flute
as The Old Papagena
2006
6.3
Keeping Mum
as Mrs. Parker
2005
6.7
Oliver Twist
as Old Woman
2005
6.7
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
as Mrs. Mulch (voice)
2005
7.1
Dead Cool
as Liz
2005
2.5
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
as Grandma Georgina
2005
7.0
The Paul O'Grady Show
2004
4.6
Imperium: Nero
as Sacrilega
2004
6.0
Nero
as Soothsayer
2004
6.0
Between The Sheets
2003
5.3
Anna Spud
as Gran
2003
0.0
🎬
A Good Thief
as Lizzie
2002
0.0
V Graham Norton
as Self
2002
5.0
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
as Peg Sliderskew
2001
7.9
Donovan Quick
as Granny
2000
5.7
A Christmas Carol
as Joyce
2000
6.3
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
as Delfina
2000
5.1
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs Dilber
1999
6.9
Oliver Twist
as Sally
1999
6.3
Tube Tales
as Older Lady (segment "Horny")
1999
5.1
Tom's Midnight Garden
as Mrs Willows
1999
5.9
🎬
It's Only TV But I Like It
as Self
1999
6.0
Alice in Wonderland
as Miss Lory
1999
6.2
V.I.P.
as Self - Gossip Columnist
1998
5.3
The Royle Family
as Norma 'Nana' Speakman
1998
7.6
So Graham Norton
as Self
1998
6.3
The Revengers' Comedies
as Winnie
1998
5.8
🎬
Anthrakitis
as Dolly
1998
0.0
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
as Mrs Meakin
1997
6.0
Trial & Retribution
1997
6.8
An Evening with Lily Savage
as Self - Audience Member
1996
0.0
Secrets & Lies
as Woman with Cat
1996
7.6
Karaoke
as Mrs. Baglin
1996
6.9
Queen's Nose
as Grandma
1995
7.0
Crapston Villas
as Delia (voice)
1995
7.5
Haunted
as Old Gypsy Woman
1995
6.1
The Vicar of Dibley
as Letitia Cropley
1994
7.3
Doggin' Around
as Mrs. Thompson
1994
6.0
Pirates
as Gran
1994
0.0
Takin' Over the Asylum
as Harriet
1994
8.2
Shooting Stars
as Self
1993
7.6
Pretty Princess
as regina madre
1993
5.5
Son of the Pink Panther
as Marta Balls
1993
4.6
🎬
Dakota Road
as Joan Benson
1992
4.0
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Delfina
1992
6.5
🎬
Nona
as Anyula
1991
0.0
Bottom
as Fortune Teller
1991
7.9
2Point4 Children
as Bette
1991
7.2
2Point4 Children
as Auntie Belle
1991
7.2
Performance
as Anyula
1991
6.0
Cluedo
as Mrs. White
1990
6.4
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
1990
10.0
🎬
El C.I.D.
as Mildred
1990
0.0
Drowning in the Shallow End
as Agent
1990
0.0
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
as Grace
1989
7.3
Apartment Zero
as Mary Louise McKinney
1989
6.8
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
as Mrs. Rigby
1989
4.8
Words of Love
as Gran
1989
0.0
Young Charlie Chaplin
as Mrs. Greenwood
1989
0.0
We Think the World of You
as Millie
1988
6.6
High Spirits
as Mrs. Plunkett
1988
5.8
Jake's Journey
as Witch
1988
7.0
When We Are Married
as Mrs Northrop
1987
0.0
Little Dorrit
as Mrs. Bangham
1987
6.5
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Lena Finn
1987
6.2
Valentine Park
as Mrs. Giles
1987
0.0
On the Palm
as Mrs Slatterthwaite
1987
0.0
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
as Mrs. Fisher
1986
6.8
Casualty
as Tillie
1986
6.1
American Masters
as Self
1986
7.3
Harem
as Mrs. Pendleton
1986
4.8
Lovejoy
as Florence
1986
7.3
Mann's Best Friends
as Mrs. Anstruther
1985
5.0
A Private Function
as Mother
1984
6.3
The Bill
1984
6.7
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Dilber
1984
7.5
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
as Hannah Macpherson
1983
6.1
Curse of the Pink Panther
as Marta Balls
1983
4.6
🎬
Now And Then
1983
0.0
🎬
Mr. Right
as Gran
1983
0.0
Fanny Hill
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
1983
5.3
Separate Tables
as Miss Meacham
1983
6.2
Trail of the Pink Panther
as Martha Balls (archive footage)
1982
5.2
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
as Self (archive footage)
1982
8.0
Britannia Hospital
as Maisie
1982
6.3
Wogan
as Self
1982
4.5
The French Lieutenant's Woman
as Mrs. Fairley
1981
6.4
The Monster Club
as Villager
1981
5.9
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Lady Phillipa of Staines
1980
6.6
The Gentle Touch
as Edna Slater
1980
6.9
Murder Rap
as Elfie
1980
0.0
Agatha
as Flora
1979
6.2
An Audience with...
as Self
1978
5.3
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
as Mrs. Bag
1977
7.0
The Duellists
as Fortune Teller
1977
7.3
The Stick Up
as Hotel Manageress
1977
4.5
Nicholas Nickleby
as Peg Sliderskew
1977
5.5
Spend Spend Spend
as Keith's Granny
1977
7.0
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as La Falourdel
1976
5.0
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
as Mrs. Dodds
1976
6.0
Ripping Yarns
as Mrs. Bag
1976
7.4
Keep an Eye on Albert
as Mrs. Oxfam
1975
0.0
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
as Vi Bell
1975
8.0
I Didn't Know You Cared
as Annie Brandon
1975
6.8
Breath
as Mrs. Pritchett
1975
0.0
The Sweeney
as Mrs. Davies
1975
7.7
Taking Leave
as Confused Lady
1974
0.0
🎬
Bedtime Stories
as Miss Long
1974
0.0
Within These Walls
1974
5.3
Jack Point
as Mrs. Matthews
1973
0.0
Hard Labour
as Mrs. Thornley
1973
6.5
Last of the Summer Wine
as Housekeeper
1973
7.1
Crown Court
1972
5.4
Crown Court
as Mrs. Fowkes
1972
5.4
Bleak Moments
as Pat's Mother
1971
6.1
Play for Today
as Mrs. Thornley
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Mrs. Mathews
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Mrs. Pritchett
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Mrs. Oxfam
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Keith's Granny
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Elfie
1970
6.3
Play for Today
1970
6.3
Leo the Last
1970
5.4
In Loving Memory
as Hilda Pardoe
1969
6.8
Tony Awards
as Self (archive footage)
1956
5.1