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Betty Gleadle, 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 (1975–79), the sisters Bette and Belle in 2point4 Children (1991–99), Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley (1994–96) and Norma Speakman ("Nana") in The Royle Family (1998–2006). 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.
Birth Name
Betty Gleadle
Born
Sunday, 11 December 1921
Died
Saturday, 24 December 2016
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Tunnel | Harriet Stone | 2013 |
The All Star Impressions Show | Queen Elizabeth II | 2009 |
City of Ember | Granny | 2008 |
Flick | Ma | 2008 |
Lark Rise to Candleford | Zillah | 2008 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007 |
Ugly Betty | Herself | 2006 |
The Magic Flute | The Old Papagena | 2006 |
Keeping Mum | Mrs. Parker | 2005 |
Oliver Twist | Old Woman | 2005 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Tunnel | Harriet Stone | 2013 |
The All Star Impressions Show | Queen Elizabeth II | 2009 |
City of Ember | Granny | 2008 |
Flick | Ma | 2008 |
Lark Rise to Candleford | Zillah | 2008 |
The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007 |
Ugly Betty | Herself | 2006 |
The Magic Flute | The Old Papagena | 2006 |
Keeping Mum | Mrs. Parker | 2005 |
Oliver Twist | Old Woman | 2005 |
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit | Mrs. Mulch (voice) / Mrs. Mulch | 2005 |
Dead Cool | Liz | 2005 |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Grandma Georgina | 2005 |
The Paul O'Grady Show | Herself | 2004 |
Imperium: Nero | Sacrilega | 2004 |
Nero | Soothsayer | 2004 |
Between the Sheets | Audrey Delany | 2003 |
A Good Thief | Lizzie | 2002 |
V Graham Norton | Self | 2002 |
The Jury | Norma Speakman | 2002 |
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self | 2001 |
Animated Tales of the World | Third Aunt | 2001 |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Peg Sliderskew | 2001 |
Donovan Quick | Granny | 2000 |
A Christmas Carol | Joyce | 2000 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades | Delfina | 2000 |
Doctors | Agatha Clifford | 2000 |
A Christmas Carol | Mrs Dilber / Mrs. Dilber | 1999 |
Oliver Twist | Sally | 1999 |
Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
Tom's Midnight Garden | Mrs. Willows / Mrs Willows | 1999 |
Alice in Wonderland | Miss Lory | 1999 |
Tube Tales | Old Lady (segment "Horny") / Older Lady (Horny) | 1999 |
The Canterbury Tales | The Hag | 1998 |
The Royle Family | Norma Speakman / Norma 'Nana' Speakman / Nana | 1998 |
So Graham Norton | Self | 1998 |
The Revengers' Comedies | Winnie | 1998 |
A Merry War | Mrs. Meakin / Mrs Meakin | 1997 |
An Audience with Ronnie Corbett | Self - Audience Member | 1997 |
Trial & Retribution | Mrs. Dorothy Norton | 1997 |
The View | Herself | 1997 |
An Evening with Lily Savage | Self - Audience Member | 1996 |
Secrets & Lies | Cat Owner | 1996 |
E! True Hollywood Story | Herself | 1996 |
The Queen's Nose | Grandma | 1995 |
Haunted | Old Gypsy Woman | 1995 |
The Vicar of Dibley | Letitia Cropley | 1994 |
Takin' Over the Asylum | Harriet | 1994 |
An Audience with Bob Monkhouse | Self - Audience Member | 1994 |
Son of the Pink Panther | Marta Balls | 1993 |
Piccolo grande amore | Queen Mother / regina madre | 1993 |
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Delfina | 1992 |
Performance | Anyula | 1991 |
Bottom | Fortune Teller | 1991 |
2point4 Children | Bette / Bette Gates / Aunt Belle / Bette and Belle | 1991 |
Cluedo | Mrs. White | 1990 |
El C.I.D. | Mildred | 1990 |
All Change | Aunt Mary | 1989 |
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover | Grace | 1989 |
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover | Grace | 1989 |
Screen One | Mrs. Thompson | 1989 |
Apartment Zero | Mary Louise McKinney | 1989 |
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool | Mrs. Rigby | 1989 |
Young Charlie Chaplin | Mrs. Greenwood | 1989 |
Making Out | Muriel | 1989 |
We Think the World of You | Millie / Millie Burney | 1988 |
High Spirits | Mrs. Plunkett / Mrs Plunkett | 1988 |
A Bit of Fry and Laurie | Woman Returning Suits | 1987 |
Little Dorrit | Mrs. Bangham, Midwife / Mrs. Bangham | 1987 |
Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Lena Finn | 1987 |
Valentine Park | Mrs. Giles | 1987 |
Worlds Beyond | Mrs. Watts | 1986 |
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil | Mrs. Fisher | 1986 |
Nightlife | Self | 1986 |
Casualty | Tillie | 1986 |
Harem | Mrs. Pendleton | 1986 |
Lovejoy | Florence | 1986 |
All in Good Faith | Annie Freeman | 1985 |
Screen Two | Mrs. Slatterthwaite / Gran / Agent | 1985 |
A Private Function | Mother | 1984 |
The Bill | Harriet 'Tatsie' Wright / Mrs. West / Maggie / Edna Finch | 1984 |
A Christmas Carol | Mrs. Dilber | 1984 |
Singles | Mrs. Phelps | 1984 |
One by One | Gran Turner | 1984 |
Partners in Crime | Hannah Macpherson | 1983 |
Curse of the Pink Panther | Marta Balls | 1983 |
Now and Then | Gran | 1983 |
Frontline | Herself, gossip columnist (1976-1991), New York Daily News / Herself | 1983 |
Fanny Hill | Mrs. Jones | 1983 |
Separate Tables | Miss Meacham | 1983 |
Trail of the Pink Panther | Martha Balls (archive footage) / Martha Balls | 1982 |
Crystal Gazing | Lady in Pub | 1982 |
Britannia Hospital | Maisie | 1982 |
The French Lieutenant's Woman | Mrs. Fairley | 1981 |
The Monster Club | Villager / Villager (Segment "Humgoo Story") | 1981 |
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End | Lady Phillipa of Staines | 1980 |
The Other 'Arf | Nora | 1980 |
The Gentle Touch | Edna Slater | 1980 |
Agatha | Flora | 1979 |
Blankety Blank | Herself | 1978 |
Hazell | Mrs. Scroop | 1978 |
The Duellists | Fortune Teller | 1977 |
The Stick Up | Hotel Manageress | 1977 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | La Falourdel | 1976 |
The Duchess of Duke Street | Nanny | 1976 |
Ripping Yarns | Mrs. Bag | 1976 |
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow | Vi Bell | 1975 |
Arena | Mrs. Thornley / Pat's Mother | 1975 |
I Didn't Know You Cared | Mrs Brandon / Annie Brandon / Mrs. Brandon | 1975 |
The Sweeney | Mrs. Davies, Landlady | 1975 |
David Copperfield | Mrs. Heep | 1974 |
No, Honestly | May | 1974 |
Village Hall | Mrs. Whalley | 1974 |
Seven Faces of Woman | Madge | 1974 |
Within These Walls | Tottie Dowd | 1974 |
Second City Firsts | Mrs. Murphy | 1973 |
Last of the Summer Wine | Housekeeper | 1973 |
Crown Court | Mrs. Flynn / Kitty Ross / Mrs. Fowkes | 1972 |
Rainbow | Auntie Liz | 1972 |
Bleak Moments | Pat's mother | 1971 |
Play for Today | Mrs. Thornley / Mrs. Pritchett / Mrs. Oxfam / Mrs. Matthews / Keith's Granny / Elfie | 1970 |
Leo the Last | Raving tenant | 1970 |
In Loving Memory | Hilda Pardoe | 1969 |
60 Minutes | Herself - Gossip Columnist (segment "Liz Smith") | 1968 |
Bootsie and Snudge | Mrs. Partridge | 1960 |