Liz Smith
Acting
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.
Born: December 11, 1921
Place of Birth: Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Known For
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash discuss the creation of The Royle Family, with a look behind the scenes at the production of the show and interviews with the cast.
Lark Rise to Candleford
Set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, the series chronicles the daily lives of farm-workers, craftsmen and gentry at the end of the 19th Century. Lark Rise to Candleford is a love letter to a vanished corner of rural England and a heart-warming drama series teeming with wit, wisdom and romance.
Takin' Over the Asylum
A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
A recreation of a World War II incident which occurred in London's Bethnal Green underground station in 1943, in which 173 people died when a panicked crowd stampeded as they were hurrying down the steps to take refuge from an air raid.
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
Bottom
Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic ) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
The Sweeney
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
Filmography
as Granny
as Ma
as Zillah
as Self
as The Old Papagena
as Mrs. Parker
as Old Woman
as Mrs. Mulch (voice)
as Liz
as Grandma Georgina
as Sacrilega
as Soothsayer
as Gran
as Self
as Peg Sliderskew
as Granny
as Joyce
as Mrs. Dilber
as Sally
as Older Lady (segment "Horny")
as Mrs Willows
as Miss Lory
as Self - Gossip Columnist
as Norma 'Nana' Speakman
as Self
as Winnie
as Mrs Meakin
as Self - Audience Member
as Woman with Cat
as Mrs. Baglin
as Grandma
as Delia (voice)
as Old gypsy woman
as Letitia Cropley
as Mrs. Thompson
as Gran
as Harriet
as Self
as regina madre
as Marta Balls
as Delfina
as Anyula
as Fortune Teller
as Bette
as Auntie Belle
as Mrs. White
as Self
as Agent
as Mary Louise McKinney
as Mrs. Rigby
as Gran
as Mrs. Greenwood
as Millie
as Mrs. Plunkett
as Witch
as Mrs Northrop
as Mrs. Bangham
as Lena Finn
as Mrs. Giles
as Mrs Slatterthwaite
as Mrs. Fisher
as Tillie
as Self
as Mrs. Pendleton
as Florence
as Mrs. Anstruther
as Mother
as Mrs. Dilber
as Hannah Macpherson
as Marta Balls
as Miss Meacham
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
as Martha Balls (archive footage)
as Lady in Pub
as Self (archive footage)
as Maisie
as Self
as Mrs. Fairley
as Villager
as Lady Phillipa of Staines
as Edna Slater
as Elfie
as Flora
as Self
as Mrs. Bag
as Fortune Teller
as Hotel Manageress
as Peg Sliderskew
as Keith's Granny
as La Falourdel
as Mrs. Dodds
as Mrs. Bag
as Mrs. Oxfam
as Vi Bell
as Annie Brandon
as Mrs. Pritchett
as Mrs. Davies
as Confused Lady
as Mrs. Matthews
as Mrs. Thornley
as Housekeeper
as Mrs. Fowkes
as Pat's Mother
as Mrs. Mathews
as Keith's Granny
as Mrs. Thornley
as Mrs. Pritchett
as Mrs. Oxfam
as Elfie
as Raving Tenant (uncredited)
as Hilda Pardoe