# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/liz-smith-q291438
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:41:22.693Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/liz-smith-q291438"
name: "Liz Smith"
slug: "liz-smith-q291438"
description: "Betty Gleadle, known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English actress. She was 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 (\"Nana\") in The Royle Family (1998–2006). For the latter, Smith was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2007. She also played Zillah in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her portrayal of Mother in the film A Private Function (1984)."
tagline: "British actress (1921–2016)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/nexS9F9J6v6mTqNv5cIUm9LfuNm.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1921-12-11"
deathDate: "2016-12-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57.52
  momentum:             7.0939143877343
  historical:           21.672176
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809131/"
    handle:    "nm0809131"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump