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Did not work professionally as an actress until the age of 50 and from that point, became one of the most recogniseable faces on television and film, being named as the nation's favourite fictional grandmother. Previous to acting, she lived a difficult life of relative poverty, working in dead-end jobs while raising two children on her own. See more trivia »

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Betty Gleadle
in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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2009 The All Star Impressions Show (TV movie)
Queen Elizabeth II
 
2009 The Antiques Rogue Show (TV movie)
Olive Greenhalgh
 
2008 Flick
Ma
 
2008 City of Ember
Granny
 
2008 Lark Rise to Candleford (TV series)
Zillah
– Episode #1.10 (2008) … Zillah
– Episode #1.9 (2008) … Zillah
– Episode #1.8 (2008) … Zillah
– Episode #1.7 (2008) … Zillah
– Episode #1.6 (2008) … Zillah
See all 10 episodes »
 
2007 The Abbey (TV movie)
Elsie
 
1998-2006 The Royle Family (TV series)
Norma Speakman
– The Queen of Sheba (2006) … Norma Speakman
– The Royle Family at Christmas (2000) … Norma Speakman
– The Christening (2000) … Norma Speakman
– London (2000) … Norma Speakman
– Funeral (2000) … Norma Speakman
See all 11 episodes »
 
2006 The Magic Flute
Old Papagena
 
2005 Keeping Mum
Mrs. Parker
 
2005 Oliver Twist
Old Woman
 
2005 The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Mrs. Mulch (voice)
 
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grandma Georgina
 
2004 Dead Cool
Liz
 
2004 Imperium: Nerone (TV movie)
Soothsayer
 
2003 Between the Sheets (TV mini-series)
Audrey Delany
 
2003 Doctors (TV series)
Agatha Clifford
– An English Woman's Home (2003) … Agatha Clifford
 
2003 Anna Spud (short)
Gran
 
1984-2002 The Bill (TV series)
Harriet 'Tatsie' Wright / Edna Finch / Maggie / …
– 041 (2002) … Harriet 'Tatsie' Wright
– 040 (2002) … Harriet 'Tatsie' Wright
– Sucking Eggs (1998) … Edna Finch
– Dead Man's Boots (1991) … Mrs. West
– The Drugs Raid (1984) … Maggie
 
2002 A Good Thief (TV movie)
Lizzie
 
2002 Trial & Retribution (TV series)
Mrs. Dorothy Norton
– Episode #5.2 (2002) … Mrs. Dorothy Norton
– Episode #5.1 (2002) … Mrs. Dorothy Norton
 
2001 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (TV movie)
Peg Sliderskew
 
2000 A Christmas Carol (TV movie)
Joyce
 
2000 Donovan Quick (TV movie)
Granny
 
2000 Animated Tales of the World (TV series)
Third Aunt
– A Story from Taiwan: Aunt Tiger … Third Aunt (voice)
 
2000 City Central (TV series)
Megan Roberts
– Half Man Half Cop (2000) … Megan Roberts
 
1996-1999 The Queen's Nose (TV series)
Grandma
– Harmony's Return (1999) … Grandma
– Episode #2.1 (1996) … Grandma
 
1999 Oliver Twist (TV mini-series)
Sally
– Containing Fresh Discoveries, and Shewing That Surprises, Like Misfortunes, Seldom Come Alone (1999) … Sally
– Wherein It Is Shewn How Oliver Twist Came to Be Born in Such Sad Circumstances (1999) … Sally
 
1999 A Christmas Carol (TV movie)
Mrs. Dilber
 
1991-1999 2point4 Children (TV series)
Bette / Bette and Belle
– Enter the Dragon (1999) … Bette
– When Did You Last See Your Father (1998) … Bette
– Two Years Before the Mast (1996) … Bette
– Vertigo (1996) … Bette
– Mayday (1995) … Bette
See all 12 episodes »
 
1999 Tube Tales
Old Lady (segment "Horny")
 
1999 Tom's Midnight Garden
Mrs. Willows
 
1999 Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV series)
Lena Finn
– The Lake of Darkness (1999) … Lena Finn
 
1999 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie)
Miss Lory
 
1998 The Canterbury Tales (TV series)
The Hag
– Leaving London (1998) … The Hag (voice)
 
1998 The Revengers' Comedies
Winnie
 
1998 Anthrakitis (short)
Dolly
 
1997 A Merry War
Mrs. Meakin
 
1996 Secrets & Lies
Cat Owner
 
1996 Karaoke (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Baglin / Mrs.Baglin
– Friday (1996) … Mrs.Baglin
– Wednesday (1996) … Mrs. Baglin
– Tuesday (1996) … Mrs. Baglin
 
1994-1996 The Vicar of Dibley (TV series)
Letitia Cropley
– The Easter Bunny (1996) … Letitia Cropley
– Animals (1994) … Letitia Cropley
– Election (1994) … Letitia Cropley
– The Window & the Weather (1994) … Letitia Cropley
– Community Spirit (1994) … Letitia Cropley
See all 7 episodes »
 
1995 Casualty (TV series)
Tillie
– Hit and Run (1995) … Tillie
 
1995 Crapston Villas (TV series)
Delia
 
1995 Haunted
Old Gypsy Woman
 
1994/II Pirates (TV series)
Gran (Abigail Blood)
 
1994 Takin' Over the Asylum (TV series)
Harriet
– Fly Like an Eagle (1994) … Harriet
 
1994 New Voices (TV series)
Nana
– Bad Voodoo (1994) … Nana
 
1994 Doggin' Around (TV movie)
Mrs. Thompson
 
1993 Son of the Pink Panther
Marta Balls
 
1993 Cluedo (TV series)
Mrs. White
– Publish and Be Damned (1993) … Mrs. White
– Where There's a Will (1993) … Mrs. White
– The Hanged Man (1993) … Mrs. White
– The Word, the Flesh and the Devil (1993) … Mrs. White
– Seven Deadly Sinners (1993) … Mrs. White
See all 6 episodes »
 
1993 Lovejoy (TV series)
Florence
– God Helps Those (1993) … Florence
 
1993 Piccolo grande amore
Queen Mother
 
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Delfina
– Barcelona, May 1917 (1992) … Delfina
 
1992 Dakota Road
Joan Benson
 
1991 Making Out (TV series)
– Episode #3.6 (1991)
 
1991 Performance (TV series)
– Nona (1991)
 
1991 Bottom (TV series)
Fortune Teller
– Apocalypse (1991) … Fortune Teller
 
1991 El C.I.D. (TV series)
Mildred
– Paradise Mislaid (1991) … Mildred
 
1990 Dunrulin (TV movie)
Mrs. Trodd
 
1990 A Bit of Fry and Laurie (TV series)
Woman Returning Suits
– Episode #2.4 (1990) … Woman Returning Suits
 
1989-1990 Screen Two (TV series)
Agent / Gran
– Drowning in the Shallow End (1990) … Agent
– Words of Love (1989) … Gran
 
1989 All Change (TV series)
Aunt Mary
– The Bosom of the Family (1989) … Aunt Mary
 
1989 The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Grace
 
1989 Singles (TV series)
Mrs. Phelps
– Family Likeness (1989) … Mrs. Phelps
 
1989 Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Mrs. Rigby
 
1989 Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin (TV series)
Mrs. Greenwood
– Episode #1.4 (1989) … Mrs. Greenwood
 
1988 High Spirits
Mrs. Plunkett
 
1988 Apartment Zero
Mary Louise McKinney
 
1988 We Think the World of You
Millie
 
1987-1988 Valentine Park (TV series)
Mrs. Giles
– Swarm! (1988) … Mrs. Giles
– Heroes and Villains (1988) … Mrs. Giles
– A Rose by Any Other Name (1988) … Mrs. Giles
– Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (1988) … Mrs. Giles
– No Particular Place to Go (1988) … Mrs. Giles
See all 9 episodes »
 
1988 Little Dorrit
Mrs. Bangham, Midwife
 
1987 Bust (TV series)
Brenda Walsh
– Man of Property (1987) … Brenda Walsh
 
1987 Worlds Beyond (TV series)
– Undying Love (1987)
 
1987 Imaginary Friends (TV mini-series)
Milly Munger
– Episode #1.3 (1987) … Milly Munger
– Episode #1.2 (1987) … Milly Munger
– Episode #1.1 (1987) … Milly Munger
 
1987 When We Are Married (TV movie)
Mrs. Northrop
 
1986 The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (TV series)
Mrs. Fisher
– Episode #1.4 (1986) … Mrs. Fisher
– Episode #1.3 (1986) … Mrs. Fisher
– Episode #1.2 (1986) … Mrs. Fisher
 
1986 King & Castle (TV series)
Mrs. Chalmers
– Friends (1986) … Mrs. Chalmers
 
1986 Harem (TV movie)
Mrs. Pendleton
 
1985 Rainbow (TV series)
Auntie Liz
– Overhelpfuls (1985) … Auntie Liz
 
1985 Mann's Best Friends (TV series)
Mrs. Anstruther
– Episode #1.6 (1985) … Mrs. Anstruther
– Episode #1.5 (1985) … Mrs. Anstruther
– Episode #1.4 (1985) … Mrs. Anstruther
– Episode #1.1 (1985) … Mrs. Anstruther
 
1984 A Private Function
Joyce's Mother
 
1984 A Christmas Carol (TV movie)
Mrs. Dilber
 
1984 The Lenny Henry Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (1984)
 
1983-1984 Now and Then (TV series)
Gran
– Episode #2.6 (1984) … Gran
– Episode #2.5 (1984) … Gran
– Episode #2.4 (1984) … Gran
– Episode #2.3 (1984) … Gran
– Episode #2.2 (1984) … Gran
See all 13 episodes »
 
1984 One by One (TV series)
Gran Turner
– Ends and Beginnings (1984) … Gran Turner
– The Woman's Touch (1984) … Gran Turner
– Doctor's Orders (1984) … Gran Turner
– A Long Weekend (1984) … Gran Turner
– Pastures New (1984) … Gran Turner
See all 9 episodes »
 
1983 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (TV series)
Hannah Macpherson
– The House of Lurking Death (1983) … Hannah Macpherson
 
1983 Curse of the Pink Panther
Marta Balls
 
1983 Fanny Hill
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
 
1983 Love Story: Mr. Right (TV movie)
Gran
 
1983 Separate Tables (TV movie)
Miss Meacham
 
1980-1982 In Loving Memory (TV series)
Hilda Pardoe
– Special: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (1982) … Hilda Pardoe
– The Outing (1980) … Hilda Pardoe
 
1982 Russian Night... 1941 (TV movie)
Frosya
 
1982 Crystal Gazing
Lady in Pub
 
1982 Britannia Hospital
Maisie
 
1982 The Gentle Touch (TV series)
Edna Slater
– One of Those Days (1982) … Edna Slater
 
1982 Give Us This Day
Landlady
 
1981 The French Lieutenant's Woman
Mrs. Fairley
 
1981 The Other 'Arf (TV series)
Nora
– A Man of Property (1981) … Nora
 
1981 The Monster Club
Villager (uncredited)
 
1980 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
Lady Phillipa of Staines
 
1980 Madhouse (TV series)
 
1973-1980 Play for Today (TV series)
Elfie / Keith's Granny / Mrs. Matthews / …
– Murder Rap (1980) … Elfie
– Spend Spend Spend (1977) … Keith's Granny
– Keep an Eye on Albert (1975) … Mrs. Oxfam
– Breath (1975) … Mrs. Pritchett
– Taking Leave (1974)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1980 Bernie (TV series)
– Episode #2.3 (1980)
 
1975-1979 I Didn't Know You Cared (TV series)
Mrs Brandon / Mrs. Brandon
– The Great Day (1979) … Mrs Brandon
– What's in a Name (1979) … Mrs Brandon
– The Great Escape (1979) … Mrs Brandon
– Don't Answer That (1979) … Mrs Brandon
– A Tip Top Day (1979) … Mrs Brandon
See all 27 episodes »
 
1979 Agatha
Flora
 
1978 Within These Walls (TV series)
Tottie Dowd
– Is There Anyone There? (1978) … Tottie Dowd
– Nemesis (1978) … Tottie Dowd
 
1977 The Duchess of Duke Street (TV series)
Nanny
– The Legion of the Living (1977) … Nanny
– Winter Lament (1977) … Nanny
 
1977 Ripping Yarns (TV series)
Mrs. Bag
– The Testing of Eric Olthwaite (1977) … Mrs. Bag
 
1977 The Duellists
Woman reading tarot cards
 
1977 It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet
Mrs. Dodds
 
1977 Nicholas Nickleby (TV mini-series)
Peg Sliderskew
– Episode #1.6 (1977) … Peg Sliderskew
– Episode #1.5 (1977) … Peg Sliderskew
 
1977 The Stick Up
Hotel Manageress
 
1976 The Hunchback of Notre Dame (TV movie)
La Falourdel
 
1976 The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Marta Balls (scenes deleted)
 
1974-1976 Crown Court (TV series)
Kitty Ross / Mrs. Fowkes
– Two in the Mind of One: Part 3 (1976) … Kitty Ross
– Two in the Mind of One: Part 1 (1975) … Kitty Ross
– Hidden Scars: Part 1 (1974) … Mrs. Fowkes
 
1975 It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow (TV movie)
Vi Bell
 
1975 The Sweeney (TV series)
Mrs. Davies, Landlady
– Hit and Run (1975) … Mrs. Davies, Landlady
 
1974 David Copperfield (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Heep
– Episode #1.5 (1974) … Mrs. Heep
– Episode #1.4 (1974) … Mrs. Heep
– Episode #1.2 (1974) … Mrs. Heep
 
1974 Second City Firsts (TV series)
– The Festive Poacher (1974)
 
1974 South Riding (TV series)
Nellie Huggins
– Take What You Want and Pay for It (1974) … Nellie Huggins
– The Powers That Be (1974) … Nellie Huggins
 
1974 No, Honestly (TV series)
May
– Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1974) … May
 
1974 Bootsie and Snudge (TV series)
Mrs. Partridge
– Up the Downstairs (1974) … Mrs. Partridge
 
1974 Village Hall (TV series)
Mrs. Whalley
– There'll Almost Always Be an England (1974) … Mrs. Whalley
 
1974 Seven Faces of Woman (TV series)
Madge
– Polly Put the Kettle On (1974) … Madge
 
1974 Bedtime Stories (TV series)
Miss Long
– Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) … Miss Long
 
1973 Last of the Summer Wine (TV series)
Housekeeper
– Compo's Suit (1973) … Housekeeper
 
1972 Emmerdale (TV series)
Hilda Semple
 
1971 Bleak Moments
Pat's Mother
 
1970 Leo the Last
Raving tenant (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSelf (28 titles)
2011 TV Greats: Our Favourites from the North (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2011 Sitcom Does... (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
– Families (2011) … Herself
 
2010 The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa (TV documentary)
Herself / Norma Speakman
 
2009 Liz Smith's Summer Cruise (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Mark Lawson Talks to... (TV series)
Herself
– Liz Smith (2008) … Herself
 
2008 A Taste of My Life (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Liz Smith (2008) … Herself
 
2007-2008 The Graham Norton Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.5 (2008) … Herself
– Episode #1.7 (2007) … Herself
 
2008 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 18 March 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2004-2007 The Paul O'Grady Show (TV series)
Herself / Smee
– Episode #7.68 (2007) … Herself
– Episode #7.32 (2007) … Herself
– Episode #5.63 (2006) … Herself/Smee
– Episode #5.26 (2006) … Herself
– Episode #4.8 (2006) … Herself
See all 7 episodes »
 
2003-2007 This Morning (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 21 May 2007 (2007) … Herself
– Episode dated 8 March 2007 (2007) … Herself
– Episode dated 16 February 2006 (2006) … Herself
– Episode dated 30 May 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2007 The British Academy Television Awards (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2006 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #11.15 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #10.2 (2006) … Herself
 
2006 The Heaven and Earth Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 May 2006 (2006) … Herself
 
2005 Singing from the Heart: The Story of Treorchy Male Choir (video documentary)
Herself
 
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2005 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Designer Chocolate (video documentary short)
Herself
 
2003-2004 Today with Des and Mel (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 April 2004 (2004) … Herself
– Episode dated 11 November 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2002 V Graham Norton (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.21 (2002) … Herself
 
2001 Blankety Blank (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #17.12 (2001) … Herself
 
2001 It's Only TV... But I Like It (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.3 (2001) … Herself
 
2000 The Unforgettable Les Dawson (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1999 So Graham Norton (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #3.1 (1999) … Herself
 
1997 An Audience with Ronnie Corbett (TV movie)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1996 A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury (TV movie)
Herself - Performer
 
1996 An Evening with Lily Savage (TV documentary)
Herself - Audience Member
 
1994 An Audience with Bob Monkhouse (TV special)
Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)
 
1986 You and Me (TV series)
Herself - Presenter
 
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2008 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (TV documentary)
Norma Speakman (uncredited)
 
2007 The Comedy Christmas (TV documentary)
Norma Speakman (uncredited)
 
2007 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (video)
Delfina
 
1982 Trail of the Pink Panther
Martha Balls
 
1982 Arena (TV series documentary)
 

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My advice is: Never peel potatoes. Think of the time that would be saved in this country if nobody peeled potatoes. See more »

Trivia:

Did not work professionally as an actress until the age of 50 and from that point, became one of the most recogniseable faces on television and film, being named as the nation's favourite fictional grandmother. Previous to acting, she lived a difficult life of relative poverty, working in dead-end jobs while raising two children on her own. See more »

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