Liz Smith

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Dec 11, 1921 (103 years old)
Death date
Dec 24, 2016

Liz Smith

Known For

Imperium: Nero
1h 30m
TV Show 2004

Imperium: Nero

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, Agrippina, his mother, sees a vision telling her that her son can become emperor, but she will have to die first. She accepts the proposal. Back in Rome, Nero, now being raised by emperor Claudius after Caligula's death, Agrippina returns. She poisons Claudius' food and Nero becomes emperor. At first, Nero cuts taxes and introduces successful programs and invades Brittania. Soon he meets a beautiful slave named Claudia Acte, and marries her, throwing off his engagement with Claudius' daughter, Claudia Octavia, telling her she can marry someone she will be happy with. Heartbroken, she arrives at an island and kills herself. Nero enjoys being married to Claudia Acte, but soon he gradually goes mad with power and sets fire to Rome.

Between The Sheets
1h 0m
TV Show 2003

Between The Sheets

Between the Sheets is a 2003 British television mini-series. This carnal, comedic drama is based around the love life and sexual hangups of several different couples that are all linked in some way. Emotional, touching, and sometimes humorous, the story follows these couples as they are forced to face their demons.

Oliver Twist
1h 35m
TV Show 1999

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.

The Royle Family
0h 30m
TV Show 1998

The Royle Family

British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.

Karaoke
0h 53m
TV Show 1996

Karaoke

Daniel Feeld, writer of the film Karaoke, starts to believe that his characters are coming alive.

Crapston Villas
0h 10m
TV Show 1995

Crapston Villas

Comedy satire on inner-city London life, directed at a mature audience. It features a set of characters, living in a grim apartment building in the fictional postcode of SE69, who are plagued by various dilemmas.

The Vicar of Dibley
0h 30m
TV Show 1994

The Vicar of Dibley

Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.

Pirates
0h 25m
TV Show 1994

Pirates

Pirates is a British children's television sitcom about a family of pirates living in a council house. It featured a number of bizarre characters, such as the "Man in a Sack" and a baby in a pram which was never seen, but gave off a mysterious green glow. The series ran from 1994 to 1997 on Children's BBC, and featured Liz Smith as "Gran".

Takin' Over the Asylum
0h 50m
TV Show 1994

Takin' Over the Asylum

A salesman starts to run a hospital radio station inside a facility for people with mental heath needs.

Cluedo
0h 30m
TV Show 1990

Cluedo

Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.

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.

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