Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Birthday: 1921-12-11

Deathday: 2016-12-24

Place of birth: Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Also known as: Betty Gleadle

imdb_id: nm0809131

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.

Played in movies:

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Score: 10.0

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Score: 8.4

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Score: 8.0

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

Score: 8.0

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Score: 7.8

Secrets & Lies

Score: 7.5

A Christmas Carol

Score: 7.5

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Score: 7.3

The Duellists

Score: 7.3

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Score: 7.1

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Score: 7.0

Spend Spend Spend

Score: 7.0

Jake's Journey

Score: 7.0

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Score: 7.0

A Christmas Carol

Score: 6.9

Apartment Zero

Score: 6.8

Oliver Twist

Score: 6.7

Keeping Mum

Score: 6.7

We Think the World of You

Score: 6.6

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

Score: 6.6

Hard Labour

Score: 6.5

Little Dorrit

Score: 6.5

The French Lieutenant's Woman

Score: 6.4

A Private Function

Score: 6.4

City of Ember

Score: 6.4

Britannia Hospital

Score: 6.3

The Magic Flute

Score: 6.3

A Christmas Carol

Score: 6.3

Alice in Wonderland

Score: 6.2

Separate Tables

Score: 6.2

Agatha

Score: 6.2

Haunted

Score: 6.1

Bleak Moments

Score: 6.1

Nero

Score: 6.0

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

Score: 6.0

Doggin' Around

Score: 6.0

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Score: 6.0

The Monster Club

Score: 5.9

Tom's Midnight Garden

Score: 5.9

High Spirits

Score: 5.8

The Revengers' Comedies

Score: 5.8

Donovan Quick

Score: 5.7

Pretty Princess

Score: 5.5

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Score: 5.5

Leo the Last

Score: 5.3

Fanny Hill

Score: 5.3

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

Score: 5.2

Trail of the Pink Panther

Score: 5.2

Tube Tales

Score: 5.1

The Stick Up

Score: 5.0

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

Score: 4.8

Harem

Score: 4.8

Son of the Pink Panther

Score: 4.6

Curse of the Pink Panther

Score: 4.6

Flick

Score: 4.4

Dakota Road

Score: 4.0

Night of 100 Stars III

Score: 4.0

Dead Cool

Score: 2.5

Drowning in the Shallow End

Score: 0.0

When We Are Married

Score: 0.0

On the Palm

Score: 0.0

Murder Rap

Score: 0.0

Keep an Eye on Albert

Score: 0.0

Breath

Score: 0.0

Taking Leave

Score: 0.0

Jack Point

Score: 0.0

A Good Thief

Score: 0.0

Nona

Score: 0.0

The Antiques Rogue Show

Score: 0.0

Anna Spud

Score: 0.0

Words of Love

Score: 0.0

Anthrakitis

Score: 0.0

An Evening with Lily Savage

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Lark Rise to Candleford

Score: 8.4

Takin' Over the Asylum

Score: 8.2

Bottom

Score: 7.9

The Sweeney

Score: 7.8

The Royle Family

Score: 7.6

Ripping Yarns

Score: 7.5

Crapston Villas

Score: 7.5

Shooting Stars

Score: 7.5

American Masters

Score: 7.4

Lovejoy

Score: 7.4

The Vicar of Dibley

Score: 7.3

2Point4 Children

Score: 7.2

2Point4 Children

Score: 7.2

The Graham Norton Show

Score: 7.2

Last of the Summer Wine

Score: 7.1

Queen's Nose

Score: 7.0

I Didn't Know You Cared

Score: 7.0

Karaoke

Score: 6.9

The Gentle Touch

Score: 6.9

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

Score: 6.8

In Loving Memory

Score: 6.8

Trial & Retribution

Score: 6.8

The Bill

Score: 6.6

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Score: 6.5

Cluedo

Score: 6.4

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Play for Today

Score: 6.3

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Score: 6.3

Oliver Twist

Score: 6.3

So Graham Norton

Score: 6.3

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Score: 6.3

Casualty

Score: 6.1

Performance

Score: 6.0

Imperium: Nero

Score: 6.0

It's Only TV But I Like It

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

Crown Court

Score: 5.4

Crown Court

Score: 5.4

V.I.P.

Score: 5.3

An Audience with...

Score: 5.3

Within These Walls

Score: 5.3

Between The Sheets

Score: 5.3

Mann's Best Friends

Score: 5.0

V Graham Norton

Score: 5.0

The Paul O'Grady Show

Score: 4.6

Wogan

Score: 4.5

Mr. Right

Score: 0.0

El C.I.D.

Score: 0.0

Valentine Park

Score: 0.0

Bedtime Stories

Score: 0.0

Young Charlie Chaplin

Score: 0.0

Now And Then

Score: 0.0

Pirates

Score: 0.0