Liz Smith

Actor Dec 11 (died age 95) Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK 1956–2026 (70 year career)

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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 Actr…

Known For

Film

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Grandma Georgina

Film

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Mrs. Mulch (voice)

Film

Secrets & Lies

Woman with Cat

Film

Oliver Twist

Old Woman

Film

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Grace

Film

City of Ember

Granny

Film

The Duellists

Fortune Teller

Film

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Dilber

Filmography

Acting (130)

Movies (75)

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

2010

as Self

8.4

The Antiques Rogue Show

2009

as Olive Greenhalgh

City of Ember

as Granny

Flick

as Ma

The Magic Flute

as The Old Papagena

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005

as Grandma Georgina

7.0

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

2005

as Mrs. Mulch (voice)

Oliver Twist

as Old Woman

Keeping Mum

as Mrs. Parker

Dead Cool

as Liz

Nero

as Soothsayer

Anna Spud

as Gran

A Good Thief

2002

as Lizzie

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

2001

as Peg Sliderskew

7.8

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

as Delfina

A Christmas Carol

as Joyce

Donovan Quick

as Granny

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Dilber

Tube Tales

as Older Lady (segment "Horny")

5.1

Alice in Wonderland

1999

as Miss Lory

6.2

Tom's Midnight Garden

1999

as Mrs Willows

5.9

The Revengers' Comedies

1998

as Winnie

5.6

Anthrakitis

1998

as Dolly

Wife of Bath

1998

as Hag

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

1997

as Mrs Meakin

5.7

An Evening with Lily Savage

1996

as Self - Audience Member

Secrets & Lies

as Woman with Cat

Haunted

as Old gypsy woman

Doggin' Around

as Mrs. Thompson

Son of the Pink Panther

as Marta Balls

Pretty Princess

as regina madre

Dakota Road

as Joan Benson

Nona

as Anyula

Night of 100 Stars III

1990

as Self

4.0

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

1990

as Self

10.0

Drowning in the Shallow End

1990

as Agent

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

1989

as Mrs. Rigby

4.4

Apartment Zero

1989

as Mary Louise McKinney

6.7

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989

as Grace

7.3

Words of Love

1989

as Gran

Jake's Journey

as Witch

High Spirits

as Mrs. Plunkett

We Think the World of You

as Millie

Little Dorrit

as Mrs. Bangham

When We Are Married

as Mrs Northrop

On the Palm

1987

as Mrs Slatterthwaite

Harem

as Mrs. Pendleton

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Dilber

A Private Function

as Mother

Fanny Hill

as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

5.2

Curse of the Pink Panther

as Marta Balls

Separate Tables

as Miss Meacham

Trail of the Pink Panther

1982

as Martha Balls (archive footage)

5.2

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

1982

as Self (archive footage)

Britannia Hospital

as Maisie

Crystal Gazing

as Lady in Pub

The French Lieutenant's Woman

as Mrs. Fairley

The Monster Club

as Villager

Murder Rap

as Elfie

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

1980

as Lady Phillipa of Staines

Agatha

as Flora

Spend Spend Spend

as Keith's Granny

The Duellists

as Fortune Teller

The Stick Up

as Hotel Manageress

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

1977

as Mrs. Bag

7.0

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1976

as La Falourdel

5.5

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

1976

as Mrs. Dodds

6.0

Keep an Eye on Albert

1975

as Mrs. Oxfam

Breath

1975

as Mrs. Pritchett

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

1975

as Vi Bell

8.0

Taking Leave

1974

as Confused Lady

Hard Labour

1973

as Mrs. Thornley

6.5

Jack Point

1973

as Mrs. Matthews

Bleak Moments

1971

as Pat's Mother

6.1

Leo the Last

1970

as Raving Tenant (uncredited)

5.2

Television (55)

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model

2026

as Self - Good Day New York (archive footage)

7.6

Lark Rise to Candleford

2008

as Zillah

8.4

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

The Paul O'Grady Show

Imperium: Nero

as Sacrilega

Between The Sheets

V Graham Norton

as Self

It's Only TV But I Like It

as Self

Oliver Twist

as Sally

V.I.P.

as Self - Gossip Columnist

So Graham Norton

as Self

The Royle Family

as Norma 'Nana' Speakman

Trial & Retribution

Karaoke

as Mrs. Baglin

Karaoke

as Mrs Baglin

Queen's Nose

as Grandma

Queen's Nose

as Grandma

Crapston Villas

as Delia (voice)

The Vicar of Dibley

as Letitia Cropley

Takin' Over the Asylum

1994

as Harriet

8.3

Pirates

1994

as Gran

Shooting Stars

1993

as Self

7.6

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

as Delfina

2Point4 Children

as Bette

Performance

as Anyula

Bottom

as Fortune Teller

Cluedo

as Mrs. White

El C.I.D.

as Mildred

Young Charlie Chaplin

1989

as Mrs. Greenwood

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987

as Lena Finn

6.3

Valentine Park

1987

as Mrs. Giles

Casualty

as Tillie

American Masters

as Self

Lovejoy

as Florence

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

as Mrs Fisher

Worlds Beyond

as Mrs Watts

Mann's Best Friends

as Mrs. Anstruther

The Bill

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

1983

as Hannah Macpherson

6.3

Mr. Right

1983

as Gran

Now And Then

Wogan

as Self

The Gentle Touch

as Edna Slater

An Audience with...

as Self

Nicholas Nickleby

as Peg Sliderskew

Ripping Yarns

as Mrs. Bag

The Duchess of Duke Street

as Nanny

The Sweeney

as Mrs. Davies

I Didn't Know You Cared

1975

as Annie Brandon

7.0

Bedtime Stories

1974

as Miss Long

Last of the Summer Wine

as Housekeeper

Crown Court

Play for Today

as Mrs. Thornley

In Loving Memory

as Hilda Pardoe

Tony Awards

as Self (archive footage)

5.9