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	=== 2000s and 2010s ===		=== 2000s and 2010s ===
	Smith continued to act until ill-health beset her in 2009, appearing in such TV programmes as ''[[Trial & Retribution]] V'' and ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)\|Doctors]]''. In 2005, she played Grandma Georgina in the film ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)\|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' and provided the voice of Mrs. Mulch in ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', as well as small roles in ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)\|Oliver Twist]]'' and ''[[Keeping Mum]]''. ~~{{Citation needed\|date=August 2010}}~~ In 2001, she appeared as herself in ''[[Lily Savage's Blankety Blank]]''.<ref name="blanketyblank">{{cite episode\|series=Lily Savage's Blankety Blank\|network=[[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]\|airdate=22 April 2001}}</ref>		Smith continued to act until ill-health beset her in 2009, appearing in such TV programmes as ''[[Trial & Retribution]] V'' and ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)\|Doctors]]''. In 2005, she played Grandma Georgina in the film ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)\|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' and provided the voice of Mrs. Mulch in ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', as well as small roles in ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)\|Oliver Twist]]'' and ''[[Keeping Mum]]''. In 2001, she appeared as herself in ''[[Lily Savage's Blankety Blank]]''.<ref name="blanketyblank">{{cite episode\|series=Lily Savage's Blankety Blank\|network=[[ITV (TV network)\|ITV]]\|airdate=22 April 2001}}</ref>

	In 2006, Smith published her autobiography ''Our Betty''<ref>Smith, L. (2006), ''Our Betty – Scenes from my Life'', London: Simon and Schuster. {{ISBN\|978-1-4165-1161-8}}</ref> and around the same time, moved to a retirement home in [[Hampstead]], London. In 2007, she published a series of short stories entitled ''Jottings: Flights of Fancy'' and appeared in the [[Little Man Tate (band)\|Little Man Tate]] music video "[[This Must Be Love (song)\|This Must Be Love]]".<ref>{{cite news\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303163036/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=28668\|archive-date=3 March 2007 \|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=28668\|title=Little Man Tate Bring Nanna Royle Back From The Dead\|work=Gigwise.com\|date=1 March 2007}}</ref> On 5 December 2007, Smith won the Best Television Comedy Actress at the [[British Comedy Awards]] for her role in ''[[The Royle Family]]''.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7130054.stm\|title=Smith wins for Royle performance\|first=Michael\|last=Osborn\|publisher=BBC News website\|date=6 December 2007}}</ref>		In 2006, Smith published her autobiography ''Our Betty''<ref>Smith, L. (2006), ''Our Betty – Scenes from my Life'', London: Simon and Schuster. {{ISBN\|978-1-4165-1161-8}}</ref> and around the same time, moved to a retirement home in [[Hampstead]], London. In 2007, she published a series of short stories entitled ''Jottings: Flights of Fancy'' and appeared in the [[Little Man Tate (band)\|Little Man Tate]] music video "[[This Must Be Love (song)\|This Must Be Love]]".<ref>{{cite news\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303163036/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=28668\|archive-date=3 March 2007 \|url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=28668\|title=Little Man Tate Bring Nanna Royle Back From The Dead\|work=Gigwise.com\|date=1 March 2007}}</ref> On 5 December 2007, Smith won the Best Television Comedy Actress at the [[British Comedy Awards]] for her role in ''[[The Royle Family]]''.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7130054.stm\|title=Smith wins for Royle performance\|first=Michael\|last=Osborn\|publisher=BBC News website\|date=6 December 2007}}</ref>

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	{{quote\|The moment that my life transformed was when I was standing in [[Hamleys]] one Christmas, flogging toys and I got a message from this young director named Mike Leigh. I was nearly 50 at the time, but he wanted a middle-aged woman to do improvisations. I went to an audition and I got the job of the mother in this improvised film – ''Bleak Moments'', his first film – and it changed my life.}}		{{quote\|The moment that my life transformed was when I was standing in [[Hamleys]] one Christmas, flogging toys and I got a message from this young director named Mike Leigh. I was nearly 50 at the time, but he wanted a middle-aged woman to do improvisations. I went to an audition and I got the job of the mother in this improvised film – ''Bleak Moments'', his first film – and it changed my life.}}

	Smith starred in ''It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow'', written by [[Bernard Kops]] and directed by [[John Goldschmidt]], which depicted the real-life drama of the [[Bethnal Green Tube disaster\|Bethnal Green Tube Disaster]] during [[World War II]]. A role in ''[[Hard Labour (film)\|Hard Labour]]'' followed. After that she appeared in ''[[Emmerdale Farm]]'' (as Hilda Semple), ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'', ''[[Crown Court (TV series)\|Crown Court]]'', ''[[I Didn't Know You Cared]]'' and ''[[The Sweeney]]''. She also appeared as Madame Balls in ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976), but her scenes were deleted and remained unseen until ''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' in 1982. She was seen in ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]'' (1983), and later ''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]'' (1993) in the same role. ~~{{Citation needed\|date=August 2010}}~~		Smith starred in ''It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow'', written by [[Bernard Kops]] and directed by [[John Goldschmidt]], which depicted the real-life drama of the [[Bethnal Green Tube disaster\|Bethnal Green Tube Disaster]] during [[World War II]]. A role in ''[[Hard Labour (film)\|Hard Labour]]'' followed. After that she appeared in ''[[Emmerdale Farm]]'' (as Hilda Semple), ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'', ''[[Crown Court (TV series)\|Crown Court]]'', ''[[I Didn't Know You Cared]]'' and ''[[The Sweeney]]''. She also appeared as Madame Balls in ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976), but her scenes were deleted and remained unseen until ''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' in 1982. She was seen in ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]'' (1983), and later ''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]'' (1993) in the same role.

	In the 1970s and 1980s, Smith appeared in many UK television programmes, including ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'', ''[[Within These Walls]]'', ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]'', ''[[The Gentle Touch]]'', ''[[Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[The Life and Loves of a She-Devil]]'', ''[[One by One (TV series)\|One by One]]'' as Gran Turner and ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]''. In [[38th British Academy Film Awards\|1984]], Liz Smith received a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the mother of [[Maggie Smith]]'s character in ''[[A Private Function]]''.		In the 1970s and 1980s, Smith appeared in many UK television programmes, including ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'', ''[[Within These Walls]]'', ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)\|In Loving Memory]]'', ''[[The Gentle Touch]]'', ''[[Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[The Life and Loves of a She-Devil]]'', ''[[One by One (TV series)\|One by One]]'' as Gran Turner and ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]''. In [[38th British Academy Film Awards\|1984]], Liz Smith received a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the mother of [[Maggie Smith]]'s character in ''[[A Private Function]]''.

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	{{Infobox person		{{Infobox person
	\| ~~name~~ = Liz Smith		\| image = Liz Smith (actress).webp
	\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|MBE}}		\| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|MBE}}
	\| birth_name = Betty Gleadle		\| birth_name = Betty Gleadle
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	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	\| yearsactive = 1969–2013		\| yearsactive = 1969–2013
	\| height = ~~<!--~~ {{convert\|5\|ft\|4\|in}}~~{{cn\|date=October 2021}} -->~~		\| height = {{convert\|5\|ft\|4\|in}}
	\| spouse = {{marriage\|Jack Thomas\|1945\|1959\|~~reason~~=~~divorced~~}}		\| spouse = {{marriage\|Jack Thomas\|1945\|1959\|end=div}}
	\| children = 2		\| children = 2
	}}		}}

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	~~{{BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress 1968–1984}}~~

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{{Short description|English actress (1921–2016)}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Liz Smith
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}
| birth_name = Betty Gleadle
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1921|12|11}}
| birth_place = [[Crosby, Lincolnshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|12|24|1921|12|11}}
| death_place = [[Worthing]], West Sussex, England<ref name="worthingherald.co.uk">{{cite news |last=Wynn-Davies |first=Stephen |url=https://www.worthingherald.co.uk/news/tributes-paid-to-worthing-resident-liz-smith-1-7749116 |title=Tributes paid to Worthing resident Liz Smith |work=Worthing Herald |date=27 December 2016 |access-date= 6 January 2019}}</ref>
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1969–2013
| height = 
| spouse = {{marriage|Jack Thomas|1945|1959|reason=divorced}}
| children = 2
}}

'''Betty Gleadle''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (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 Jean Speakman ("Nana") in ''[[The Royle Family]]'' (1998–2000, 2006). She also played Zillah in ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]'' (2008) and won the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]] for the 1984 film ''[[A Private Function]]''.

== Early life ==
Liz Smith was born Betty Gleadle<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?r=146769100:0349&d=bmd_1479781955|title=FreeBMD Entry Info}}</ref> in 1921 in the [[Crosby, Lincolnshire|Crosby]] area of [[Scunthorpe]], [[Lincolnshire]].<ref name="TIS 2009">[https://archive.today/20130505135319/http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/news/Liz-Smith-gets-MBE/article-1162904-detail/article.html Liz Smith gets MBE], This Is Scunthorpe, 14 July 2009.</ref> Her mother died when she was two.<ref name=G/> Her father walked out of her life shortly afterwards, when his new wife did not wish him to have any contact with his previous life.<ref name=G>{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,,2193755,00.html|work=The Guardian|location=London|title=This much I know|first=Ursula|last=Kenny|date=21 October 2007|access-date=11 May 2010}}</ref> She was brought up by her widowed grandmother and attended Crosby Junior School<ref name=ST>[http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/pictures/STAR-PUPILS-REVEALED-Famous-people-Scunthorpe/pictures-26690493-detail/pictures.html Star Pupils Revealed at Scunthorpe Telegraph] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101161627/http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/pictures/STAR-PUPILS-REVEALED-Famous-people-Scunthorpe/pictures-26690493-detail/pictures.html |date=1 November 2015 |url-status=dead |accessdate= 9 July 2016}}</ref> and the Scunthorpe Modern and Day Commercial Schools in Cole Street.<ref name=SC2>[http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/liz-smith-gets-mbe/story-11179262-detail/story.html Liz Gets MBE at Scunthorpe Telegraph] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103090403/http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Liz-Smith-gets-MBE/story-11179262-detail/story.html |date=3 January 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate= 9 July 2016}}</ref> During the [[Second World War]], she served in the [[Women's Royal Naval Service]] of the [[Royal Navy]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/dec/26/liz-smith-obituary |title=Liz Smith obituary |first=Dennis |last=Barker |date=26 December 2016 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

== Career ==
=== Early roles ===
In 1971, aged 49, she had a career breakthrough when she appeared as the downtrodden mother in [[Mike Leigh]]'s film ''[[Bleak Moments]]'':

{{quote|The moment that my life transformed was when I was standing in [[Hamleys]] one Christmas, flogging toys and I got a message from this young director named Mike Leigh. I was nearly 50 at the time, but he wanted a middle-aged woman to do improvisations. I went to an audition and I got the job of the mother in this improvised film – ''Bleak Moments'', his first film – and it changed my life.}}

Smith starred in ''It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow'', written by [[Bernard Kops]] and directed by [[John Goldschmidt]], which depicted the real-life drama of the [[Bethnal Green Tube disaster|Bethnal Green Tube Disaster]] during [[World War II]]. A role in ''[[Hard Labour (film)|Hard Labour]]'' followed. After that she appeared in ''[[Emmerdale Farm]]'' (as Hilda Semple), ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'', ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]'', ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'', ''[[I Didn't Know You Cared]]'' and ''[[The Sweeney]]''. She also appeared as Madame Balls in ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976), but her scenes were deleted and remained unseen until ''[[Trail of the Pink Panther]]'' in 1982. She was seen in ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]'' (1983), and later ''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]'' (1993) in the same role. {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

In the 1970s and 1980s, Smith appeared in many UK television programmes, including ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'', ''[[Within These Walls]]'', ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)|In Loving Memory]]'', ''[[The Gentle Touch]]'', ''[[Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime]]'', ''[[The Life and Loves of a She-Devil]]'', ''[[One by One (TV series)|One by One]]'' as Gran Turner and ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]''. In [[38th British Academy Film Awards|1984]], Liz Smith received a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the mother of [[Maggie Smith]]'s character in ''[[A Private Function]]''.

In 1980, Smith won a role in ''[[Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film)|Sir Henry at Rawlinson End]]'' as Lady Philippa of Staines. She later appeared in the thriller, ''[[Apartment Zero]]'', which was featured in the 1988 [[Sundance Film Festival]]. Smith played the role of one of two eccentric characters (the other is [[Dora Bryan]]) described by ''[[The Washington Post]]'' as two "... tea-and-crumpet gargoyle-featured spinsters who snoop the corridors."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/apartmentzero.htm|work=The Washington Post|date=3 November 1989|access-date=11 May 2010|title=Apartment Zero' (R)}}</ref>

=== 1990s ===
Smith started the 1990s by appearing in ''[[2point4 Children]]'' (as "Aunt Belle" and "Bette"), ''[[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]]'', ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'' and ''[[Lovejoy]]''. In 1994, she played the lead role in the [[Children's BBC]] series ''[[Pirates (TV series)|Pirates]]'' and the supporting role of [[List of characters in The Vicar of Dibley#Letitia Cropley|Letitia Cropley]] for seven episodes in ''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''. In the [[List of The Vicar of Dibley episodes#Easter Special (1996)|1996 Easter Special]] episode the character died.

In November 1995, she made a guest appearance in the BBC1 medical drama series ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''. In 1998, she starred in another sitcom, ''[[The Royle Family]]''. This aired until 2000, but came back for a special episode in 2006 when her character, Nana, died. In the meantime, she had appeared in ''[[The Queen's Nose]]'', ''[[The Bill]]'' and ''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]''. In 1999, Smith was featured in ''[[A Christmas Carol (1999 film)|A Christmas Carol]]'' as Mrs Dilber. She portrayed that same character in the [[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|1984 version]] and also appeared as Miss Lory in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''.

=== 2000s and 2010s ===
Smith continued to act until ill-health beset her in 2009, appearing in such TV programmes as ''[[Trial & Retribution]] V'' and ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''. In 2005, she played Grandma Georgina in the film ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' and provided the voice of Mrs. Mulch in ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]'', as well as small roles in ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' and ''[[Keeping Mum]]''. {{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} In 2001, she appeared as herself in ''[[Lily Savage's Blankety Blank]]''.<ref name="blanketyblank">{{cite episode|series=Lily Savage's Blankety Blank|network=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|airdate=22 April 2001}}</ref>

In 2006, Smith published her autobiography ''Our Betty''<ref>Smith, L. (2006), ''Our Betty – Scenes from my Life'', London: Simon and Schuster. {{ISBN|978-1-4165-1161-8}}</ref> and around the same time, moved to a retirement home in [[Hampstead]], London. In 2007, she published a series of short stories entitled ''Jottings: Flights of Fancy'' and appeared in the [[Little Man Tate (band)|Little Man Tate]] music video "[[This Must Be Love (song)|This Must Be Love]]".<ref>{{cite news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303163036/http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=28668|archive-date=3 March 2007 |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news.asp?contentid=28668|title=Little Man Tate Bring Nanna Royle Back From The Dead|work=Gigwise.com|date=1 March 2007}}</ref> On 5 December 2007, Smith won the Best Television Comedy Actress at the [[British Comedy Awards]] for her role in ''[[The Royle Family]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7130054.stm|title=Smith wins for Royle performance|first=Michael|last=Osborn|publisher=BBC News website|date=6 December 2007}}</ref>

In 2006, she made a cameo appearance in [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s film ''[[The Magic Flute (2006 film)|The Magic Flute]]'', a version in English of the [[Mozart]] opera. However, her role did not require her to sing. She portrayed Old Papagena who, later on in the film, magically transforms into Young Papagena (played by soprano Silvia Moi) and marries the birdcatcher Papageno (played by baritone Benjamin Jay Davis).

In 2008, she starred in the first series of the period drama ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]''. That same year she was a castaway on [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' and was in the film ''[[City of Ember]]'', which was released in October 2008. In July 2009, she featured in a one-hour [[BBC Four]] documentary called ''Liz Smith's Summer Cruise'', where she joined a group of like-minded individuals on a cruise from [[Croatia]] to [[Venice]]. That same month, having suffered a series of strokes a few months earlier, she announced her retirement from acting at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite news|author=Staff|date=5 July 2009|url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8135085.stm|title= Actress Liz Smith to quit acting |publisher=BBC News website|access-date=5 July 2009}}</ref>

Smith was made a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2009 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58929|date=31 December 2008|page=22 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article5420707.ece|title=Terry Pratchett lost for words as he receives knighthood|author=Smyth, Chris|work=The Times |location=London |date=31 December 2008}}</ref>

In 2010, she took part in the BBC television programme ''The Young Ones'', in which six celebrities in their 70s and 80s attempted to overcome some of the problems of ageing by harking back to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tq4d3|title=The Young Ones – BBC One}}</ref>

== Personal life and death ==
In 1945, she married Jack Thomas, whom she met while on service in [[India]]. They had two children but divorced in 1959. Smith brought up her son and daughter on her own. She described this as an extremely difficult period in her life, as she struggled against financial problems and social disapproval of her status as a divorcee.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/19ee7de8#b0093809 |title=Desert Island Discs – Castaway : Liz Smith |work=[[BBC Radio 4]] |date=9 March 2008 |access-date=20 October 2013 |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413161355/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/features/desert-island-discs/castaway/19ee7de8#b0093809 |archive-date=13 April 2019}}</ref>

Smith died on 24 December 2016 at her home in [[Worthing]], [[West Sussex]],<ref name="worthingherald.co.uk"/> shortly after her 95th birthday.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/national/14988431.Royle_Family_star_Liz_Smith_dies_at_95/ |title=Royle Family star Liz Smith dies at 95 |author=Press Association 2019 |author-link=Press Association |date=27 December 2016 |access-date=15 December 2019 |newspaper=[[Kidderminster Shuttle]]}}</ref> Shane Allen, controller of BBC comedy commissioning, said that Smith had "brilliantly captured the grandparent in everyone's family" as Nana in ''The Royle Family.'' [[Mike Leigh]] said "She was a complete breath of fresh air... she was not your bog standard middle-aged actress."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38440648 |title='Royle Family' actress Liz Smith dies |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=26 December 2016 |access-date=15 December 2019 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |agency=[[BBC]]}}</ref> The final episode of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom|lockdown]] edition of ''The Vicar of Dibley'' ended with a tribute just before the closing credits reading, "In loving memory of Liz, John, Emma and Roger", paying tribute to her and also three other deceased Dibley cast members ([[John Bluthal]], [[Emma Chambers]] and [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]]).

== Filmography ==
{|class="wikitable"
|+Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1970
| ''[[Leo the Last]]''
| Raving Tenant {{small|(uncredited)}}
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Bleak Moments]]''
| Pat's Mother
|-
| 1976
| ''[[It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet]]''
| Mrs. Dodds
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Duellists]]''
| Fortune Teller
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Stick Up]]''
| Hotel Manageress
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Agatha (film)|Agatha]]''
| Flora
|-
| 1980
| ''[[Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (film)|Sir Henry at Rawlinson End]]''
| Lady Phillipa of Staines
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Monster Club]]''
| Villager {{small|(uncredited)}}
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The French Lieutenant's Woman (film)|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]''
| Mrs. Fairley
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Britannia Hospital]]''
| Maisie
|-
| 1982
| ''Crystal Gazing''
| Lady in Pub
|-
| 1982
| ''Give Us This Day''
| Landlady
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Fanny Hill (1983 film)|Fanny Hill]]''
| Mrs. Jones {{small|(uncredited)}}
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Curse of the Pink Panther]]''
| Marta Balls
|-
| 1984
| ''[[A Private Function]]''
| Joyce Chilvers
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Little Dorrit (1987 film)|Little Dorrit]]''
| Mrs. Bangham
|-
| 1988
| ''[[We Think the World of You]]''
| Millie Burney
|-
| 1988
| ''[[High Spirits (film)|High Spirits]]''
| Lavinia Plunkett
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Bert Rigby, You're a Fool]]''
| Mrs. Rigby
|-
| 1989
| ''[[The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover]]''
| Grace
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Apartment Zero]]''
| Mary Louise McKinney
|-
| 1991
| ''Dakota Road''
| Joan Road
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Son of the Pink Panther]]''
| Marta Balls
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Pretty Princess|Piccolo grande amore]]''
| Queen Mother
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Haunted (1995 film)|Haunted]]''
| Old Gypsy Woman
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]''
| Cat Owner
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Keep the Aspidistra Flying (film)|Keep the Aspidistra Flying]]''
| Mrs. Meakin
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Sweet Revenge (1998 film)|Sweet Revenge]]''
| Winnie
|-
| 1998
| ''Anthrakitis'' {{small|(short)}}
| Dolly
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Tom's Midnight Garden (film)|Tom's Midnight Garden]]''
| Mrs. Willows
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Tube Tales]]''
| Old Lady {{small|(segment: "Horny")}}
|-
| 2003
| ''Anna Spud'' {{small|(short)}}
| Gran
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Dead Cool]]''
| Liz
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]''
| Grandma Georgina
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit]]''
| Mrs. Mulch {{small|(voice)}}
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]''
| Old Woman
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Keeping Mum]]''
| Mrs. Parker
|-
| 2006
| ''[[The Magic Flute (2006 film)|The Magic Flute]]''
| The Old Papagena
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Flick (2008 film)|Flick]]''
| Ma
|-
| 2008
| ''[[City of Ember]]''
| Granny Mayfleet
|}

{|class="wikitable"
|+Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
| Housekeeper
| Series 1, Episode 4
|-
| rowspan="7"|1973–80
| rowspan="7"|''[[Play for Today]]''
| Mrs. Thornley
| Series 3, Episode 20
|-
| Mrs. Matthews
| Series 4, Episode 3
|-
| {{N/a|(unknown role)}}
| Series 5, Episode 5
|-
| Mrs. Pritchett
| Series 5, Episode 10
|-
| Mrs. Oxfam
| Series 6, Episode 5
|-
| Keith's Granny
| Series 7, Episode 12
|-
| Elfie
| Series 10, Episode 15
|-
| rowspan="3"|1974–76
| rowspan="3"|''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]''
| Mrs. Fowkes
| Series 3, Episode 7
|-
| Kitty Ross
| Series 4, Episodes 15 & 17
|-
| Mrs. Flynn
| Series 5, Episodes 39, 40 & 41
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Bedtime Stories (1974 TV series)|Bedtime Stories]]''
| Miss Long
| Series 1, episode 4
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]''
| {{N/a|(unknown role)}}
| Series 15, Episode 14
|-
| 1974
| ''Seven Faces of Woman''
| Madge
| Series 1, Episode 4
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Village Hall (TV series)|Village Hall]]''
| Mrs. Whalley
| Series 1, Episode 2
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Omnibus (British TV programme)|Omnibus]]''
| Mrs. Smith
| Series 8, Episode 3
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Bootsie and Snudge]]''
| Mrs. Partridge
| Series 4, Episode 3
|-
| 1974
| ''[[No, Honestly]]''
| May
| Series 1, Episode 5
|-
| 1974
| ''[[South Riding (novel)#Adaptations|South Riding]]''
| Nellie Hughins
| Series 1, Episodes 1 & 9
|-
| 1974
| ''[[Second City Firsts]]''
| Mrs. Murphy
| Series 3, Episode 7
|-
| 1974
| ''[[David Copperfield (1974 TV serial)|David Copperfield]]''
| Mrs. Heep
| Miniseries (3 episodes)
|-
| 1975–79
| ''[[I Didn't Know You Cared]]''
| Annie Brandon
| Series 1–4 (series regular, 27 episodes)
|-
| 1975
| ''[[The Sweeney]]''
| Mrs. Davies
| Series 2, Episode 5
|-
| 1975
| ''[[The Dick Emery Show]]''
| {{N/a|(unknown role)}}
| Series 14, Episode 5
|-
| 1975
| ''[[It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow#In Culture|It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow]]''
| Vi Bell
| TV movie
|-
| 1975
| ''[[Emmerdale|Emmerdale Farm]]''
| Hilda Semple
| Episodes 275–278 (4 episodes)
|-
| 1975
| ''The Fortune Hunters''
| Mrs. Eady
| TV movie
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1976 film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''
| La Falourdel
| TV movie
|-
| 1977
| ''The Punch Review''
| Various
| Series 1, Episode 2
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1977 TV series)|Nicholas Nickleby]]''
| Peg Sliderskew
| Miniseries (2 episodes)
|-
| 1977
| ''[[Ripping Yarns]]''
| Mrs. Bag
| Series 1, Episode 2
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]''
| Nanny
| Series 2, Episodes 4 & 12
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Within These Walls]]''
| Tottie Dodd
| Series 5, Episodes 12 & 13
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Hazell (TV series)|Hazell]]''
| Mrs. Scropp
| Series 2, Episode 12
|-
| 1980
| ''Bernie''
| {{N/a|(unknown role)}}
| Series 2, Episode 3
|-
| 1980
| ''Madhouse''
| Various
| Series 1 (7 episodes)
|-
| 1980–82
| ''[[In Loving Memory (TV series)|In Loving Memory]]''
| Hilda Pardoe
| Series 2, Episode 1 & Series 3, Episode 8
|-
| 1981
| ''[[The Other 'Arf]]''
| Nora
| Series 2, Episode 4
|-
| 1981
| ''Love Story: A Chance to Sit Down''
| Mrs. Barker
| Series 1, Episode 3
|-
| 1982
| ''[[The Gentle Touch]]''
| Edna Slater
| Series 3, Episode 10
|-
| 1982
| ''Russian Night… 1941
| Frosya
| TV movie
|-
| 1983
| ''Mr. Right''
| Gran
| Series 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3 & 4
|-
| 1983
| ''Separate Tables''
| Miss Meacham
| TV movie
|-
| 1983–84
| ''Now and Then''
| Gran
| Series 1 & 2 (series regular, 13 episodes)
|-
| 1983
| ''[[The All Electric Amusement Arcade]]''
| Gran
| Series 1 (series regular, 7 episodes)
|-
| 1983
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime]]''
| Hannah Macpherson
| Miniseries (1 episode)
|-
| 1984
| ''[[One by One (TV series)|One by One]]''
| Gran Turner
| Series 1 (series regular, 10 episodes)
|-
| 1984
| ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]''
| Various
| Series 1, Episode 2
|-
| rowspan="4"|1984–2002
| rowspan="4"|''[[The Bill]]''
| Maggie
| Series 1, Episode 6
|-
| Mrs. West
| Series 7, Episode 30
|-
| Edna Finch
| Series 14, Episode 78
|-
| Harriet 'Tatsie' Wright
| Series 18, Episodes 51 & 52
|-
| 1984
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (1984 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| Mrs. Dilber
| TV movie
|-
| 1985
| ''Doctors' Dilemmas''
| Edna Bryant
| Series 2, Episode 5
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Mann's Best Friends]]''
| Mrs. Anstruther
| Series 1 (series regular, 5 episodes)
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Rainbow (TV series)|Rainbow]]''
| Auntie Liz
| Series 14, Episode 40
|-
| 1986
| ''Harem''
| Mrs. Pendleton
| TV movie
|-
| 1986
| ''[[King and Castle]]''
| Mrs. Chalmers
| Series 1, Episode 4
|-
| 1986
| ''[[The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (TV series)|The Life and Loves of a She-Devil]]''
| Mrs. Fisher
| Miniseries (3 episodes)
|-
| rowspan="3"|1987–90
| rowspan="3"|''[[Screen Two]]''
| Mrs. Slatterthwaite
| Series 3, Episode 13
|-
| Gran
| Series 5, Episode 4
|-
| Agent
| Series 6, Episode 3
|-
| 1987–88
| ''Valentine Park''
| Mrs. Giles
| Series 1 & 2 (series regular, 12 episodes)
|-
| 1987
| ''Imaginary Friends''
| Milly Munger
| Miniseries (3 episodes)
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Worlds Beyond (TV series)|Worlds Beyond]]''
| Mrs. Watts
| Series 1, Episode 10
|-
| 1987
| ''Bust''
| Brenda Walsh
| Series 1, Episode 5
|-
| 1987
| ''[[When We Are Married#Television, film and radio|When We Are Married]]''
| Mrs. Northrop
| TV movie
|-
| 1988
| ''[[All in Good Faith]]''
| Annie Freeman
| Series 3, Episode 2
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Jake's Journey]]''
| Witch
| TV pilot
|-
| 1989
| ''Young Charlie Chaplin''
| Mrs. Greenwood
| Series 1, Episode 4
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Singles (TV series)|Singles]]''
| Mrs. Phelps
| Series 2, Episode 6
|-
| 1989
| ''[[All Change]]''
| Aunt Mary
| Series 1, Episode 5
|-
| 1990–91
| ''[[Making Out (TV series)|Making Out]]''
| Muriel
| Series 2, Episode 4 & Series 3, Episode 6
|-
| 1990
| ''[[A Bit of Fry & Laurie]]''
| Woman Returning Suits
| Series 2, Episode 4
|-
| 1990
| ''Dunrulin''
| Mrs. Trodd
| TV movie
|-
| 1991
| ''[[El C.I.D.]]''
| Mildred
| Series 2, Episode 4
|-
| rowspan="2"|1991–99
| rowspan="2"|''[[2Point4Children]]''
| Bette
| Series 1–8 (recurring, 11 episodes)
|-
| Aunt Belle
| Series 3, Episode 1 & Series 6, Episode 3
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Bottom (TV series)|Bottom]]''
| Fortune Teller
| Series 1, Episode 4
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Performance (TV series)|Performance]]''
| Anyula
| Series 1, Episode 3
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]''
| Delfina
| Series 2, Episode 4
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Lovejoy]]''
| Florence
| Series 4, Episode 8
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Cluedo (British game show)|Cluedo]]''
| Mrs. Blanche White
| Series 4 (series regular, 6 episodes)
|-
| 1993
| ''Without Walls''
| Maid
| 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''New Voices''
| Nana
| 1 episode
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Takin' Over the Asylum]]''
| Harriet
| Miniseries (1 episode)
|-
| 1994–96
| ''[[Pirates (TV series)|Pirates]]''
| Abigail Blood
| Series 1–3 (3 episodes)
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Screen One]]''
| Mrs. Thompson
| Series 6, Episode 7
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994–96
| rowspan="2"|''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''
| rowspan="2"|Letitia Cropley
| Series 1 (series regular, 6 episodes)
|-
| Easter special (final episode)
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Crapston Villas]]''
| Delia {{small|(voice)}}
| 20 episodes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Tillie
| Series 10, Episode 9
|-
| 1996
| ''[[Karaoke (TV series)|Karaoke]]''
| Mrs. Baglin
| Miniseries (3 episodes)
|-
| 1996–99
| ''[[The Queen's Nose (TV series)|The Queen's Nose]]''
| Grandma
| Series 2 & 3 (7 episodes)
|-
| 1998
| ''[[V.I.P. (American TV series)|V.I.P.]]''
| Gossip Columnist
| Series 1, Episode 1
|-
| rowspan="2"|1998–2006
| rowspan="2"|''[[The Royle Family]]''
| rowspan="2"|Norma Speakman
| Series 1–3 (recurring, 10 episodes)
|-
| 2006 special (final episode)
|-
| 1998
| ''The Canterbury Tales''
| The Hag
| Series 1, Episode 1
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]''
| Miss Lory
| TV movie
|-
| 1999
| ''[[The Ruth Rendell Mysteries]]''
| Lena Finn
| Series 11, Episodes 8 & 9
|-
| 1999
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (1999 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| Mrs. Dilber
| TV movie
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Oliver Twist (1999 TV series)|Oliver Twist]]''
| Sally
| Miniseries (2 episodes)
|-
| 2000
| ''[[City Central (TV series)|City Central]]''
| Megan Roberts
| Series 3, Episode 2
|-
| 2000
| ''Donovan Quick''
| Granny
| TV movie
|-
| 2000
| ''[[A Christmas Carol (2000 film)|A Christmas Carol]]''
| Joyce
| TV movie
|-
| 2001
| ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001 film)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]''
| Peg Sliderskew
| TV movie
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Animated Tales of the World]]''
| Third Aunt
| Series 2, Episode 12
|-
| 2002
| ''[[Trial & Retribution]]''
| Mrs. Dorothy Norton
| Series 5, Episodes 1 & 2
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]''
| Agatha Clifford
| Series 5, Episode 142
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Between the Sheets (TV series)|Between the Sheets]]''
| Audrey Delany
| Series 1 (series regular, 6 episodes)
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Nero (2004 film)|Nero]]''
| Soothsayer
| TV movie
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Abbey (2007 TV series)|The Abbey]]''
| Elsie
| TV pilot
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)|Lark Rise to Candleford]]''
| Zillah
| Series 1 (series regular, 10 episodes)
|-
| 2009
| ''The Antiques Rogue Show''
| Olive Greenhalgh
| TV movie
|-
| 2009
| ''The All Star Impressions Show''
| Queen Elizabeth II
| TV special
|-
| 2013
| ''Common Ground''
| Colin's Mum
| Series 1, Episode 7
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Tunnel (TV series)|The Tunnel]]''
| Harriet Stone
| Series 1, Episodes 2 & 3
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0809131|name=Liz Smith}}
* {{tcmdb name|id=179884|name=Liz Smith}}
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24810782 Obituary: Liz Smith] From BBC News

{{BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress 1968–1984}}

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