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.