Liz Smith

Liz Smith

Acting

Born December 11, 1921 · 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 K…

Known for

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

2007

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956

Casualty

Casualty

1986

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Play for Today

Play for Today

1970

Acting(132)

2026Reality Check: Inside America's Next Top ModelSelf - Good Day New York (archive footage)

2010The Royle Family: Behind the SofaSelf

2009The Antiques Rogue ShowOlive Greenhalgh

2008City of EmberGranny

2008Lark Rise to CandlefordZillah

2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf

2006The Magic FluteThe Old Papagena

2005Keeping MumMrs. Parker

2005Oliver TwistOld Woman

2005Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-RabbitMrs. Mulch (voice)

2005Dead CoolLiz

2005Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryGrandma Georgina

2004The Paul O'Grady Show

2004NeroSoothsayer

2004Imperium: NeroSacrilega

2003Between The Sheets

2003Anna SpudGran

2002A Good ThiefLizzie

2002V Graham NortonSelf

2001The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyPeg Sliderskew

2001The Life and Adventures of Nicholas NicklebyPeg Sliderskew

2000Donovan QuickGranny

2000A Christmas CarolJoyce

2000The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage EscapadesDelfina

1999A Christmas CarolMrs. Dilber

1999Oliver TwistSally

1999Tube TalesOlder Lady (segment "Horny")

1999Tom's Midnight GardenMrs Willows

1999It's Only TV But I Like ItSelf

1999Alice in WonderlandMiss Lory

1998V.I.P.Self - Gossip Columnist

1998Wife of BathHag (voice)

1998The Royle FamilyNorma 'Nana' Speakman

1998So Graham NortonSelf

1998The Revengers' ComediesWinnie

1998AnthrakitisDolly

1997Keep the Aspidistra FlyingMrs Meakin

1997Trial & RetributionMrs Dorothy Norton

1996An Evening with Lily SavageSelf - Audience Member

1996Secrets & LiesWoman with Cat

1996KaraokeMrs Baglin

1995The Queen's NoseGrandma

1995HauntedOld gypsy woman

1995Crapston VillasDelia (voice)

1994The Vicar of DibleyLetitia Cropley

1994Doggin' AroundMrs. Thompson

1994PiratesGran

1994Takin' Over the AsylumHarriet

1993Shooting StarsSelf

1993Pretty Princessregina madre

1993Son of the Pink PantherMarta Balls

1992Dakota RoadJoan Benson

1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesDelfina

1991PerformanceAnyula

1991BottomFortune Teller

19912Point4 ChildrenBette

1990CluedoMrs. White

1990Night of 100 Stars IIISelf

1990Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His MusicSelf

1990El C.I.D.Mildred

1990Drowning in the Shallow EndAgent

1989The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her LoverGrace

1989Screen OneMrs. Thompson

1989Apartment ZeroMary Louise McKinney

1989Bert Rigby, You're a FoolMrs. Rigby

1989Words of LoveGran

1989Young Charlie ChaplinMrs. Greenwood

1988We Think the World of YouMillie

1988High SpiritsMrs. Plunkett

1988Jake's JourneyWitch

1987When We Are MarriedMrs Northrop

1987Little DorritMrs. Bangham

1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesLena Finn

1987Valentine ParkMrs. Giles

1987On the PalmMrs Slatterthwaite

1986Worlds BeyondMrs Watts

1986The Life and Loves of a She-DevilMrs Fisher

1986CasualtyTillie

1986American MastersSelf

1986HaremMrs. Pendleton

1986LovejoyFlorence

1985Mann's Best FriendsMrs. Anstruther

1985Screen TwoMrs. Slatterthwaite

1984A Private FunctionMother

1984A Christmas CarolMrs. Dilber

1983Agatha Christie's Partners in CrimeHannah Macpherson

1983Curse of the Pink PantherMarta Balls

1983Now And ThenGran - Then

1983Mr. RightGran

1983Fanny HillMrs. Jones (uncredited)

1983Separate TablesMiss Meacham

1982Trail of the Pink PantherMartha Balls (archive footage)

1982Crystal GazingLady in Pub

1982Mike Leigh: Making PlaysSelf (archive footage)

1982Britannia HospitalMaisie

1981The French Lieutenant's WomanMrs. Fairley

1981The Monster ClubVillager

1980Sir Henry at Rawlinson EndLady Phillipa of Staines

1980Murder RapElfie

1979AgathaFlora

1978An Audience with...Self

1977The Testing of Eric OlthwaiteMrs. Bag

1977The DuellistsFortune Teller

1977The Stick UpHotel Manageress

1977Nicholas NicklebyPeg Sliderskew

1977Spend Spend SpendKeith's Granny

1976The Hunchback of Notre DameLa Falourdel

1976It Shouldn't Happen to a VetMrs. Dodds

1976The Duchess of Duke StreetNanny

1976Ripping YarnsMrs. Bag

1975Keep an Eye on AlbertMrs. Oxfam

1975It's a Lovely Day TomorrowVi Bell

1975I Didn't Know You CaredAnnie Brandon

1975BreathMrs. Pritchett

1975The SweeneyMrs. Davies

1974Taking LeaveConfused Lady

1974Seven Faces of WomanMadge

1974Bedtime StoriesMiss Long

1973Jack PointMrs. Matthews

1973Second City FirstsMrs. Murphy

1973Hard LabourMrs. Thornley

1973Last of the Summer WineHousekeeper

1972Crown Court

1971Bleak MomentsPat's Mother

1970Play for TodayMrs. Mathews

1970Leo the LastRaving Tenant (uncredited)

1969In Loving MemoryHilda Pardoe

1956Tony AwardsSelf (archive footage)

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