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Filmography

Hide HideActress (128 titles)
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
 
2007 The Abbey (TV movie)
Elsie
 
1998-2006 The Royle Family (TV series)
Norma Speakman
London (2000) … Norma Speakman
Funeral (2000) … Norma Speakman
 
2005 Keeping Mum
Mrs. Parker
 
2005 Oliver Twist
Old Woman
 
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
 
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 A Christmas Carol (TV movie)
Mrs. Dilber
 
1991-1999 2point4 Children (TV series)
Bette / Bette and Belle
Enter the Dragon (1999) … Bette
Vertigo (1996) … Bette
Mayday (1995) … Bette
 
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
Animals (1994) … Letitia Cropley
Election (1994) … Letitia Cropley
 
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 Cluedo (TV series)
Mrs. White
The Hanged Man (1993) … Mrs. White
 
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 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 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
 
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
 
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
 
1983 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (TV series)
Hannah Macpherson
The House of Lurking Death (1983) … Hannah Macpherson
 
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)
 
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
 
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 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
 
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: 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
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2008 50 Greatest Comedy Catchphrases (TV documentary)
Norma Speakman (uncredited)
 
2007 The Comedy Christmas (TV documentary)
Norma Speakman (uncredited)
 
1982 Trail of the Pink Panther
Martha Balls
 
1982 Arena (TV series documentary)
 

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(1986) She acted in Alan Ayckbourn's play, "Just Between Ourselves", at the Palace Theatre in Watford, England with Warren Clarke, Susie Blake, Susan Hanson and Colin Higgins in the cast. See more »

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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:

She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to Drama. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently plays eccentric or dotty old women See more »

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