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Liz Smith Biography (1925-)

Original name, Betty Smith; born December 11, 1925, in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England; divorced, 1959; children: Robert, Sarah.

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

December 11, 1925

Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• (Film debut) Pat's mother, Bleak Moments (also known as Loving Moments), Contemporary, 1972
• Hotel manager, The Stick Up, Trident-Barber, 1977
• Fortune teller, The Duellists, 1977
• Mrs. Dodds, All Things Bright and Beautiful (also known as It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet), World, 1979
• Flora, Agatha, Warner Bros., 1979
• Lady Philippa of Staines, Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, Charisma, 1980
• The Monster Club, 1980
• Mrs. Fairley, The French Lieutenant's Woman, United Artists, 1981
• Landlady, Give Us This Day, Concord, 1982
• Maizie, Britannia Hospital, United Artists, 1982
• Lady in pub, Crystal Gazing, British Film Institute, 1982
• The Trail of the Pink Panther, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1982
• Martha, Curse of the Pink Panther, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
• Fanny Hill (also known as Fanny Hill--Die Memoiren eines Freudenmaedchen), 1983
• Mother, A Private Function, Island Alive, 1985
• Millie, We Think the World of You, Cinecom, 1988
• Mary Louise McKinney, Apartment Zero, Skouras, 1988
• Mrs. Plunkett, High Spirits, TriStar, 1988
• Mrs. Bangham, Little Dorrit (also known as Little Dorrit'sStory and Nobody's Fault), Cannon, 1988
• Mrs. Rigby, Bert Rigby, You're a Fool, Warner Bros., 1989
• Agent, Drowning in the Shallow End, 1989
• Grace, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (also known asLe cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme, et son amant and Spica), Miramax, 1990
• Joan Benson, Dakota Road, 1990
• Madame Balls, Son of the Pink Panther (also known as Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther and Il figlio della pantera rosa), 1993
• Queen Mother, Piccolo grande amore (also known as Pretty Princess), 1993
• Old gypsy woman, Haunted, 1995
• Cat owner, Secrets and Lies (also known as Secrets et mensonges), October Films, 1996
• Tango teacher, The Disappearance of Finbar, 1996
• Mrs. Meakin, Keep the Aspidistra Flying (also known as Comstockand Rosemary and A Merry War), Lions Gate Films/A-pix Entertainment, 1997
• Winnie, The Revengers' Comedies (also known as Sweet Revenge and Amour, vengeance et trahison), Miramax/Buena Vista, 1998
• Mrs. Willows, Tom's Midnight Garden, 1999
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Mrs. Brandon, I Didn't Know You Cared, 1975
• Gran, One by One, 1984
• Mrs. Anstruther, Mann's Best Friends, 1985
• Bette/Aunt Belle, 2point4 Children, 1991
• Miss White, Cluedo (also known as Clue), 1991
• Letitia Cropley, The Vicar of Dibley, 1994
• Norma "Nanna" Speakman, The Royle Family, BBC, 1998
• Miniseries
• Peg Sliderskew, Nicholas Nickleby, 1977
• Mrs. Pendleton, Harem, ABC, 1986
• Mary's mother, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (also known as She Devil), Arts and Entertainment, 1987
• Imaginary Friends, 1987
• Mrs. Baglin, Karaoke, Bravo, 1996
• Sally, Oliver Twist, PBS, 1999
• Movies
• Mrs. Thornley, Hard Labour (also known as Play for Today: HardLabour), 1973
• La Falourdel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, NBC, 1977
• Mrs. Dilber, A Christmas Carol, CBS, 1984
• Older lady, "Horny," Tube Tales, 1999
• Miss Lory, Alice in Wonderland, ABC, 1999
• Mrs. Dilber, A Christmas Carol, Arts and Entertainment, 1999
• Specials
• Miss Meachum, Separate Tables, HBO, 1983
• "The House of Lurking Death," Partners in Crime, Series I, 1984
• "Young Charlie Chaplin," WonderWorks, PBS, 1988
• Voice, The Canterbury Tales, HBO, 1999
• Episodic
• Compo's date, "Spring Fever," Last of the Summer Wine, 1973
• Mrs. Davies, landlady, "Hit and Run," The Sweeney, 1975
• Mrs. Bag, "The Testing of Eric Olthwaite," Ripping Yarns, 1977
• Edna, "One of Those Days," The Gentle Touch, 1981
• Maggie, "The Drugs Raid," The Bill, 1984
• The Lenny Henry Show, 1984
• Mrs. Chalmers, "Friends," King and Castle, 1986
• Fortune teller, "Apocalypse," Bottom, 1991
• Delfina, "Barcelona, May ," The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, 1992
• Florence, "God Helps Those," Lovejoy, 1993
• Edna Finch, "Sucking Eggs," The Bill, 1998
• Herself, So Graham Norton, 1999
• Megan Roberts, "Half Man Half Cop," City Central, 2000
• Appeared in numerous situation comedies.
• Other Television Appearances
• It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow, 1975
• Keith's granny, Spend Spend Spend (also known as Play for Today: Spend Spend Spend), 1977
• Mrs. Thompson, Doggin' Around, 1994
• Lena Finn, Ruth Rendell Mysteries: The Lake of Darkness, 1999
• Granny, Donovan Quick, 1999
• Stage Appearances
• Mrs. Baildon, Then and Now, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1979
• Mrs. Northrop, When We Are Married, Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, London, 1979
• The mother, Why Me? Strand Theatre, London, 1985
• Made London debut as Mother Superior in Once a Catholic, Wyndham's Theatre; also appeared in Enjoy, Alan Bennett Theatre.