Betty Gleadle (11 December 1921 – 24 December 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.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(Grandma Georgina)
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
(Mrs. Mulch (voice))
Apartment Zero
(Mary Louise McKinney)
High Spirits
(Mrs. Plunkett)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
(Grace)
Agatha
(Flora)
Britannia Hospital
(Maisie)
Little Dorrit
(Mrs. Bangham)
Keeping Mum
(Mrs. Parker)
An Evening with Lily Savage
(Self - Audience Member)
Anthrakitis
(Dolly)
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
(Mrs Meakin)
Pretty Princess
(regina madre)
The Stick Up
(Hotel Manageress)
Bleak Moments
(Pat's Mother)
Words of Love
(Gran)
Son of the Pink Panther
(Marta Balls)
Leo the Last
The Revengers' Comedies
(Winnie)
Anna Spud
(Gran)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
(Peg Sliderskew)
Night of 100 Stars III
(Self)
Curse of the Pink Panther
(Marta Balls)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(La Falourdel)
Fanny Hill
(Mrs. Jones (uncredited))
The Antiques Rogue Show
(Olive Greenhalgh)
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
(Vi Bell)
Nona
(Anyula)
A Private Function
(Mother)
A Christmas Carol
(Joyce)
Tube Tales
(Older Lady (segment "Horny"))
Harem
(Mrs. Pendleton)
Donovan Quick
(Granny)
Flick
(Ma)
Doggin' Around
(Mrs. Thompson)
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
(Mrs. Bag)
Alice in Wonderland
(Miss Lory)
Dakota Road
(Joan Benson)
City of Ember
(Granny)
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
(Self (archive footage))
Hard Labour
(Mrs. Thornley)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
(Mrs. Dodds)
A Good Thief
(Lizzie)
Secrets & Lies
(Woman with Cat)
Jake's Journey
(Witch)
We Think the World of You
(Millie)
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
(Lady Phillipa of Staines)
Oliver Twist
(Old Woman)
A Christmas Carol
(Mrs. Dilber)
Tom's Midnight Garden
(Mrs Willows)
A Christmas Carol
(Mrs Dilber)
Spend Spend Spend
(Keith's Granny)
Nero
(Soothsayer)
Separate Tables
(Miss Meacham)
Dead Cool
(Liz)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
(Mrs. Fairley)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
(Delfina)
Jack Point
(Mrs. Matthews)
Taking Leave
(Confused Lady)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
(Self)
The Magic Flute
(The Old Papagena)
Haunted
(Old Gypsy Woman)
Breath
(Mrs. Pritchett)
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
(Mrs. Rigby)
Keep an Eye on Albert
(Mrs. Oxfam)
The Duellists
(Fortune Teller)
The Monster Club
(Villager)
Murder Rap
(Elfie)
The Queen of Sheba
(Norma Speakman)
Trail of the Pink Panther
(Martha Balls (archive footage))
On the Palm
(Mrs Slatterthwaite)
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
(Self)
When We Are Married
(Mrs Northrop)
The Sweeney
(Mrs. Davies)
Shooting Stars
(Self)
The Bill
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
(Delfina)
The Vicar of Dibley
(Letitia Cropley)
The Paul O'Grady Show
Crown Court
Bottom
(Fortune Teller)
The Royle Family
(Norma 'Nana' Speakman)
Lovejoy
(Florence)
Between The Sheets
Lark Rise to Candleford
(Zillah)
I Didn't Know You Cared
(Annie Brandon)
Crapston Villas
(Delia (voice))
Trial & Retribution
Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime
(Hannah Macpherson)
So Graham Norton
(Self)
V Graham Norton
(Self)
Within These Walls
Wogan
(Self)
Pirates
(Gran)
Now And Then
Nicholas Nickleby
(Peg Sliderskew)
It's Only TV But I Like It
(Self)
Young Charlie Chaplin
(Mrs. Greenwood)
Bedtime Stories
(Miss Long)
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
(Lena Finn)
Crown Court
(Mrs. Fowkes)
Tony Awards
(Self (archive footage))
Last of the Summer Wine
(Housekeeper)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
2Point4 Children
(Bette)
2Point4 Children
(Auntie Belle)
Ripping Yarns
(Mrs. Bag)
An Audience with...
(Self)
Casualty
(Tillie)
Oliver Twist
(Sally)
Takin' Over the Asylum
(Harriet)
Imperium: Nero
(Sacrilega)
El C.I.D.
(Mildred)
Valentine Park
(Mrs. Giles)
The Gentle Touch
(Edna Slater)
Play for Today
(Mrs. Thornley)
Play for Today
(Mrs. Mathews)
Play for Today
(Mrs. Pritchett)
Play for Today
(Mrs. Oxfam)
Play for Today
(Keith's Granny)
Play for Today
(Elfie)
In Loving Memory
(Hilda Pardoe)
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
(Mrs. Fisher)
American Masters
(Self)
Karaoke
(Mrs. Baglin)
Performance
(Anyula)
Cluedo
(Mrs. White)
Play for Today
V.I.P.
(Self - Gossip Columnist)
Mann's Best Friends
(Mrs. Anstruther)