
Actor
Born December 11, 1921 in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.

Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top Model
Self - Good Day New York (archive footage)

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Self

City of Ember
Granny

Flick
Ma

Lark Rise to Candleford
Zillah

The Graham Norton Show
Self

The Magic Flute
The Old Papagena

Keeping Mum
Mrs. Parker

Oliver Twist
Old Woman

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Mrs. Mulch (voice)

Dead Cool
Liz

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grandma Georgina

The Paul O'Grady Show

Nero
Soothsayer

Imperium: Nero
Sacrilega

Between The Sheets

Anna Spud
Gran

V Graham Norton
Self

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Peg Sliderskew

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Peg Sliderskew

Donovan Quick
Granny

A Christmas Carol
Joyce

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
Delfina

A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Dilber

Oliver Twist
Sally

Tube Tales
Older Lady (segment "Horny")

Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs Willows

Alice in Wonderland
Miss Lory

V.I.P.
Self - Gossip Columnist

Wife of Bath
Hag (voice)

The Royle Family
Norma 'Nana' Speakman

So Graham Norton
Self

The Revengers' Comedies
Winnie

Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Mrs Meakin

Trial & Retribution
Mrs Dorothy Norton

An Evening with Lily Savage
Self - Audience Member

Secrets & Lies
Woman with Cat

Karaoke
Mrs Baglin

The Queen's Nose
Grandma

Haunted
Old gypsy woman

Crapston Villas
Delia (voice)

The Vicar of Dibley
Letitia Cropley

Doggin' Around
Mrs. Thompson

Pirates
Gran

Takin' Over the Asylum
Harriet

Shooting Stars
Self

Pretty Princess
regina madre

Son of the Pink Panther
Marta Balls

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Delfina

Performance
Anyula

Bottom
Fortune Teller

2Point4 Children
Bette

Cluedo
Mrs. White

Night of 100 Stars III
Self

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self

Drowning in the Shallow End
Agent

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Grace

Screen One
Mrs. Thompson

Apartment Zero
Mary Louise McKinney

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Mrs. Rigby

Words of Love
Gran

Young Charlie Chaplin
Mrs. Greenwood

We Think the World of You
Millie

High Spirits
Mrs. Plunkett

Jake's Journey
Witch

When We Are Married
Mrs Northrop

Little Dorrit
Mrs. Bangham

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Lena Finn

Valentine Park
Mrs. Giles

On the Palm
Mrs Slatterthwaite

Worlds Beyond
Mrs Watts

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
Mrs Fisher

Casualty
Tillie

American Masters
Self

Harem
Mrs. Pendleton

Lovejoy
Florence

Mann's Best Friends
Mrs. Anstruther

Screen Two
Mrs. Slatterthwaite

A Private Function
Mother

The Bill

A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Dilber

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
Hannah Macpherson

Curse of the Pink Panther
Marta Balls

Fanny Hill
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

Separate Tables
Miss Meacham

Trail of the Pink Panther
Martha Balls (archive footage)

Crystal Gazing
Lady in Pub

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Self (archive footage)

Britannia Hospital
Maisie

Wogan
Self

The French Lieutenant's Woman
Mrs. Fairley

The Monster Club
Villager

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Lady Phillipa of Staines

Murder Rap
Elfie

Agatha
Flora

An Audience with...
Self

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
Mrs. Bag

The Duellists
Fortune Teller

The Stick Up
Hotel Manageress

Nicholas Nickleby
Peg Sliderskew

Spend Spend Spend
Keith's Granny

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
La Falourdel

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Mrs. Dodds

The Duchess of Duke Street
Nanny

Ripping Yarns
Mrs. Bag

Keep an Eye on Albert
Mrs. Oxfam

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Vi Bell

I Didn't Know You Cared
Annie Brandon

Breath
Mrs. Pritchett

The Sweeney
Mrs. Davies

Taking Leave
Confused Lady

Bedtime Stories
Miss Long

Jack Point
Mrs. Matthews

Hard Labour
Mrs. Thornley

Last of the Summer Wine
Housekeeper

Crown Court

Bleak Moments
Pat's Mother

Play for Today
Mrs. Mathews

Leo the Last
Raving Tenant (uncredited)

In Loving Memory
Hilda Pardoe

Tony Awards
Self (archive footage)