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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.115 |
| Birthday | 1921-12-11 |
| Place of Birth | Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Betty Gleadle, |
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
7.038/16369
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
7.138/3174
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal Gromit run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods, which tu...
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
1989
Apartment Zero
6.7/63
In a rundown area of Buenos Aires, at the dawn of the 1980s, Adrian LeDuc owns both a struggling movie theater and a shabby apartment building filled...
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Apartment Zero
1988
High Spirits
5.8/252
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunte...
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High Spirits
1989
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
7.335/741
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with...
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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
1979
Agatha
6.1/68
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
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Agatha
1982
Britannia Hospital
6.2/74
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative...
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Britannia Hospital
1987
Little Dorrit
6.4/14
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in...
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Little Dorrit
2005
Keeping Mum
6.683/637
A pastor preoccupied with writing the perfect sermon fails to realize that his wife is having an affair and his children are up to no good.
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Keeping Mum
1996
An Evening with Lily Savage
10/1
Enjoy the outrageous and flamboyant First Lady of British Comedy, Lily Savage, as she performs her incredibly hysterical live show before a star-studd...
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An Evening with Lily Savage
1998
Anthrakitis
10/1
Dolly, an elderly widow who lives alone, has been hoarding coal since the deaths of her husband and son years ago in mining accidents. When Dolly real...
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Anthrakitis
1997
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
6.05/20
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits...
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Keep the Aspidistra Flying
1993
Pretty Princess
5.6/174
A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She escapes and discovers love in the arms of a beautiful sw...
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Pretty Princess
1977
The Stick Up
5.6/5
Duke Turnbeau (David Soul) has come to England, in the 1930s, as a way to improve his fortunes. For some reason, he believes that his larcenous ways w...
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The Stick Up
1972
Bleak Moments
6.1/42
Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre neig...
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Bleak Moments
1989
Words of Love
9/1
2 February 1959. The Winter Dance party, Clear Lake, Iowa - another date on Buddy Holly's whistle-stop tour. Across the Atlantic, a schoolboy models h...
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Words of Love
1993
Son of the Pink Panther
4.619/253
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
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Son of the Pink Panther
1998
The Revengers' Comedies
5.8/23
After saving each other from jumping off a bridge, Henry Bell and Karen Knightly plot to avenge the people who drove them to suicide. Henry will ruin...
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The Revengers' Comedies
2003
Anna Spud
0/0
Anna Spud is the grumpiest little girl in the world. The prospect of long car journey trapped with her parents sounds 'rubbish'. But along the way, sh...
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Anna Spud
2001
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
7.6/20
A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1990
Night of 100 Stars III
4.333/3
A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.
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Night of 100 Stars III
1983
Curse of the Pink Panther
4.595/211
Inspector Clouseau disappears, and the Surete wants the world's second best detective to look for him. However, Clouseau's enemy, Dreyfus, rigs the Su...
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Curse of the Pink Panther
1976
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6.2/5
TV-movie version of the Victor Hugo novel.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1983
Fanny Hill
5.463/27
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to sur...
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Fanny Hill
2009
The Antiques Rogue Show
0/0
Drama documentary about one of the world's most prolific and diverse art forgers, Shaun Greenhalgh, who created fake paintings, antiques and sculpture...
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The Antiques Rogue Show
1975
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
7.75/4
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...
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It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
1991
Nona
8/1
British production of Argentinan Roberto Cossa's play, set in Argentina in 1982. Nona is an elderly woman who is causing a drain on the resources of h...
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Nona
1984
A Private Function
6.419/68
In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Ch...
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A Private Function
2000
A Christmas Carol
6.75/12
Loan shark Eddie Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yo...
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A Christmas Carol
1999
Tube Tales
5.3/19
Nine short stories based on the true experiences of London Underground passengers: "Mr. Cool" (Amy Jenkins, dir.); "Horny" (Stephen Hopkins); "Grassho...
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Tube Tales
1986
Harem
5.4/9
A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly ge...
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Harem
2000
Donovan Quick
6/4
Quirky stranger Donovan (Colin Firth) blows into the Scottish village of Port Clyde. There, he rents a room with the Pannick family and ingratiates hi...
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Donovan Quick
2008
Flick
4/11
Memphis cop Lieutenant McKenzie is called in to investigate a series of strange deaths and wierd sightings following the resurrection of a murder vict...
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Flick
1994
Doggin' Around
6/3
The past catches up with an ageing American jazz pianist when he returns to the clubs of Lancashire and Yorkshire that he last visited 10 years previo...
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Doggin' Around
1977
The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
8.5/2
Eric Olthwaite is so boring that his family all leave home to escape him. Then one day he is accidentally caught up in a bank robbery and discovers th...
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The Testing of Eric Olthwaite
1999
Alice in Wonderland
6.226/402
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy W...
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Alice in Wonderland
1992
Dakota Road
4.4/5
A sensitive drama about a farm labourer's abused daughter who fantasises about the officers of the local U.S. Air Base to escape the guilt and hypocri...
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Dakota Road
2008
City of Ember
6.378/1949
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is fail...
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City of Ember
1982
Mike Leigh: Making Plays
8/1
Writer and Director Mike Leigh discusses the techniques used to create his plays.
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Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1973
Hard Labour
6.7/10
A quiet and put-upon house cleaner breaks her silence.
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Hard Labour
1976
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
8/2
Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays the kindly doctor who ministers to animals in this...
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It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
2002
A Good Thief
7/1
Rita witnesses a murder, and believing she and her family are now in danger, she goes on the run with her daughter Leah and her elderly neighbor Lizzi...
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A Good Thief
1996
Secrets & Lies
7.58/751
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cyn...
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Secrets & Lies
1988
Jake's Journey
7/2
A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest.
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Jake's Journey
1988
We Think the World of You
6.389/18
An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets...
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We Think the World of You
1980
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
7.045/11
Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally killed in a drunken duck-shooting incident.
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
2005
Oliver Twist
6.755/1261
An orphan endures a harsh life in a workhouse before fleeing to London, where he falls in with a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the criminal Fagi...
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Oliver Twist
1984
A Christmas Carol
7.453/437
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
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A Christmas Carol
1999
Tom's Midnight Garden
6.071/21
When Tom's brother Peter gets measles, he is sent to stay with his Uncle Alan and Aunt Gwen in a flat with no garden and an elderly landlady, Mrs Bart...
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Tom's Midnight Garden
1999
A Christmas Carol
6.949/237
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
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A Christmas Carol
1977
Spend Spend Spend
5/5
Based on the book "Spend, Spend, Spend" by Vivian Nicholson and Stephen Smith. Story of pools winner, Vivian Nicholson.
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Spend Spend Spend
2004
Nero
6/10
As a young boy, future emperor Nero witnesses the mad Emperor Caligula kill his father and exile his mother. While in exile in the pontine islands, Ag...
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Nero
1983
Separate Tables
6.6/7
Two one-act plays explore love and loneliness. In "Table by the Window" an aging fashion model contrives a reunion with her ex-husband, a politician r...
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Separate Tables
2005
Dead Cool
5/3
A story about modern family relationships, as seen through the eyes of 15 year-old David. Six years after his dad dies in a car crash, David's mum mov...
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Dead Cool
1981
The French Lieutenant's Woman
6.5/248
In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters...
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
5.412/17
Posing as a dancer for the Ballets Russes in Barcelona, Indy meets old friend Pablo Picasso, and narrowly outwits inept German spies. Dashing off to P...
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades
1973
Jack Point
8/1
Rivalry at a local Gilbert and Sullivan Society over who will play Jack Point in the Silver Jubilee production. Rowland Matthews has always been the m...
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Jack Point
1974
Taking Leave
0/0
Mike comes home on leave from Ulster. After six years in the Army he has to decide whether to sign up again or not. His parents want him to leave the...
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Taking Leave
1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
9/2
A television special broadcast in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo following his death in early 1989.
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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
2006
The Magic Flute
6.283/30
During World War I, in an unnamed country, a soldier named Tamino is sent by the Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter Pamina from the clutches of...
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The Magic Flute
1995
Haunted
6.13/184
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. So...
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Haunted
1975
Breath
0/0
Nell tries hard to cope with her husband, family and friends - but her asthma creates problems. Everyone seems to be helpful - but are they? Is there...
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Breath
1989
Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
5.1/8
A musical about a miner who wants to break into show business.
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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
1975
Keep an Eye on Albert
0/0
Pubs, pigeons, weight-lifting – that's Terry's life, and his wife Glenda feels neglected. But now Terry's best mate, Albert, is on leave from the Merc...
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Keep an Eye on Albert
1977
The Duellists
7.248/654
In 1800, as Napoleon Bonaparte rises to power in France, a rivalry erupts between Armand and Gabriel, two lieutenants in the French Army, over a perce...
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The Duellists
1981
The Monster Club
5.828/125
A vampire attacks a horror author on the street and then invites him to a nearby club as a gesture of gratitude, which turns out to be a meeting place...
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The Monster Club
1980
Murder Rap
0/0
Wally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali families.
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Murder Rap
1982
Trail of the Pink Panther
5.131/337
The Pink Panther diamond is stolen once again from Lugash and the authorities call in Chief Inspector Clouseau from France. His plane disappears en-ro...
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Trail of the Pink Panther
1987
On the Palm
0/0
Fledge needs a job. He'll take anything. And when Dawlish gives him strange errands to run, for cash in hand, strictly 'on the palm', it's a welcome c...
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On the Palm
2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
8.4/4
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 wi...
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The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
1987
When We Are Married
7/1
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth...
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When We Are Married
1990
Drowning in the Shallow End
7/1
Nothing seems to go right for Colin, no matter how he tries. No one is offering him writing work, and his marriage is disintegrating. Why can't he be...
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Drowning in the Shallow End
1982
Crystal Gazing
7/2
Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator; Kim, a woman rock...
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Crystal Gazing
1970
Leo the Last
5.333/21
Prince Leo, last in the line of rulers of a long-deposed monarchy on continental Europe and jaded with the frenetic search for kicks with the European...
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Leo the Last
1998
Wife of Bath
7/1
Based on Geoffrey Chaucer’s classic poetry. For attacking a young woman, an arrogant knight of King Arthur’s court is sentenced to death if he cannot...
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Wife of Bath
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
0/0
When the best chocolate maker in the world distributes five cards, invite him to enter his factory, which no one has entered in a while, who will get...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate
2005
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
0/0
The making of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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