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Liz Smith

  • Born Dec. 11, 1921
  • Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
  • Died Dec. 24, 2016, aged 95

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 …

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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.

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Acting (121)

Grandma Georgina

Mrs. Mulch (voice)

Granny

Old Woman

Woman with Cat

Grace

Fortune Teller

Mrs. Parker

Mrs. Dilber

Miss Lory

Mrs. Plunkett

Marta Balls

Mrs. Fairley

Mrs. Dilber

Marta Balls

Old gypsy woman

regina madre

Fortune Teller

Delfina

Villager

Letitia Cropley

Tillie

Maisie

Annie Freeman

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Mother

Flora

Mary Louise McKinney

Norma 'Nana' Speakman

Florence

Pat's Mother

Housekeeper

Zillah

The Old Papagena

Mrs. Davies

Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

Mrs Baglin

Mrs. Bag

Sally

Winnie

Mrs Willows

Bette / Auntie Belle

Raving Tenant (uncredited)

Harriet

Mrs Meakin

Peg Sliderskew

Older Lady (segment "Horny")

Hannah Macpherson

Delfina

Millie

Mrs. Bangham

Nanny

Joyce

Mrs Dorothy Norton

Lena Finn

Ma

Lady Phillipa of Staines

Mrs. Thornley

Soothsayer

Mrs. Mathews / Keith's Granny / Mrs. Thornley / Mrs. Pritchett / Mrs. Oxfam / Elfie

Mrs Fisher

Mrs. Pendleton

Mrs. Rigby

Mrs. White

Annie Brandon

Mrs. Slatterthwaite / Gran / Agent

Miss Meacham

Mrs. Fowkes / Mrs. Flynn

Hilda Pardoe

Delia (voice)

Joan Benson

Mrs. Thompson

Keith's Granny

La Falourdel

Hotel Manageress

Mrs Watts

Granny

Sacrilega

Vi Bell

May

Grandma

Liz

Mrs. Thompson

Peg Sliderskew

Lady in Pub

Milly Munger

Mrs. Dodds

Witch

Anyula

Mrs. Bag

Mrs Whalley

Lizzie

Dolly

Agent

Mildred

Mrs. Matthews

Mrs. Anstruther

Gran

Anyula

Peg Sliderskew

Voices

Mrs Northrop

Hag (voice)

Gran

Mrs. Greenwood

Gran

Miss Long

Mrs. Pritchett

Mrs. Oxfam

Elfie

Nana

Gran - Then

Mrs Slatterthwaite

Gran

Mrs. Murphy

Madge

Confused Lady

Olive Greenhalgh

Mrs. Giles

Appearances (12)

Martha Balls (archive footage)

Self - Gossip Columnist

Self

Self

Self - Good Day New York (archive footage)

Self

Self

Self

Self

Self - Audience Member

Self (archive footage)

Self