Liz Smith

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.

Cast

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Grandma Georgina

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Mrs. Mulch (voice)

Mary Louise McKinney

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Britannia Hospital

An Evening with Lily Savage

Self - Audience Member

Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Pretty Princess

Hotel Manageress

Son of the Pink Panther

The Revengers' Comedies

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Night of 100 Stars III

Curse of the Pink Panther

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Mrs. Jones (uncredited)

The Antiques Rogue Show

Olive Greenhalgh

It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow

A Private Function

A Christmas Carol

Older Lady (segment "Horny")

The Testing of Eric Olthwaite

Alice in Wonderland

Mike Leigh: Making Plays

Self (archive footage)

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet

We Think the World of You

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

Lady Phillipa of Staines

A Christmas Carol

Tom's Midnight Garden

A Christmas Carol

Spend Spend Spend

Separate Tables

The French Lieutenant's Woman

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

The Magic Flute

The Old Papagena

Old Gypsy Woman

Bert Rigby, You're a Fool

Keep an Eye on Albert

The Monster Club

Trail of the Pink Panther

Martha Balls (archive footage)

Mrs Slatterthwaite

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

When We Are Married

Drowning in the Shallow End

Raving Tenant (uncredited)