Liz Smith (actress)
TV and filmography

Liz Smith (actress)

Section Title: TV and filmography
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Genre	Year	Title	Episode	Role	Notes

Film	1970	Leo the Last	Raving tenant	uncredited

Film	1971	Bleak Moments	Pat's Mother

TV series	1972	Emmerdale Farm	Hilda Semple	unknown episodes

TV series	1973	Last of the Summer Wine	"Spring Fever"	Housekeeper

TV series	1973	Play for Today	"Hard Labour" "Jack Point"	Mrs. Thornley Mrs. Matthews

TV series	1974	Bedtime Stories	"Jack and the Beanstalk"	Miss Long

TV series	1974	Bootsie and Snudge	"Up the Downstairs"	Mrs. Partridge

TV series	1974	Crown Court	"Hidden Scars: Part 1"	Mrs. Fowkes

TV miniseries	1974	David Copperfield	Mrs. Heep	based on the novel by Charles Dickens; 3 episodes

TV series	1974	No, Honestly	"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"	May

TV series	1974	Play for Today	"Taking Leave"	Actress

TV series	1974	Second City Firsts	"The Festive Poacher"

TV series	1974	Seven Faces of Woman	"Polly Put the Kettle On"	Madge

TV series	1974	South Riding	"Take What You Want and Pay for It" "The Powers That Be"	Nellie Huggins

TV series	1974	Village Hall	"There'll Almost Always Be an England"	Mrs. Whalley

TV series	1975	Crown Court	"Two in the Mind of One: Part 1"	Kitty Ross

TV series	1975	I Didn't Know You Cared	"Cause for Celebration" "A Knitter in the Family" "The Old Tin Trunk" "After the Ball Was Over" "Aye... Well...	Mrs Brandon

TV film	1975	It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow	Vi Bell

TV series	1975	Play for Today	"Breath" "Keep an Eye on Albert"	Mrs. Pritchett Mrs. Oxfam

TV series	1975	The Sweeney	"Hit and Run"	Mrs. Davies, Landlady

TV series	1976	Crown Court	"Two in the Mind of One: Part 3"	Kitty Ross

TV film	1976	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	La Falourdel	based on the novel by Victor Hugo

TV series	1976	I Didn't Know You Cared	"The Way My Wife Looks at Me" "Chez Us" "A Woman's Work" "A Signal Disaster" "You Should See Me Now" "Good Wood, God!"	Mrs Brandon

Film	1976	The Pink Panther Strikes Again	Marta Balls	scenes deleted; directed by Blake Edwards

TV series	1977	The Duchess of Duke Street	"The Legion of the Living" "Winter Lament"	Nanny

Film	1977	The Duellists	Woman reading tarot cards

Film	1977	It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet	Mrs. Dodds

TV miniseries	1977	Nicholas Nickleby	Peg Sliderskew	based on the novel by Charles Dickens

TV series	1977	Play for Today	"Spend Spend Spend"	Keith's Granny

TV series	1977	Ripping Yarns	"The Testing of Eric Olthwaite"	Mrs. Bag

Film	1977	The Stick Up	Hotel Manageress

TV series	1978	I Didn't Know You Cared	"Men at Work" "A Grave Decision" "Party Games" "A Bleak Day" "Stout Deeds" "Paradise Lost" "The Last Tram"	Mrs Brandon

TV series	1978	Within These Walls	"Is There Anyone There?" "Nemesis"	Tottie Dowd

Film	1979	Agatha	Flora

TV series	1979	I Didn't Know You Cared	"The Love Match" "Love Is a Many Splendoured Thing" "A Tip Top Day" "Don't Answer That" "The Great Escape" "What's in a Name" "The Great Day"	Mrs Brandon

TV series	1980	Bernie	1 episode

TV series	1980	In Loving Memory	"The Outing"	Hilda Pardoe

TV series	1980	Madhouse

TV series	1980	Play for Today	"Murder Rap"	Elfie

Film	1980	Sir Henry at Rawlinson End	Lady Phillipa of Staines

Film	1981	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Mrs. Fairley

Film	1981	The Monster Club	Villager	uncredited

Film	1982	Britannia Hospital	Maisie

Film	1982	Crystal Gazing	Lady in Pub

TV series	1982	The Gentle Touch	"One of Those Days"	Edna Slater

Film	1982	Give Us This Day	Landlady

TV series	1982	In Loving Memory	"Special: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"	Hilda Pardoe

TV film	1982	Russian Night... 1941	Frosya

Film	1982	Trail of the Pink Panther	Martha Balls

TV series	1983	Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime	"The House of Lurking Death"	Hannah MacPherson

Film	1983	Curse of the Pink Panther	Marta Balls

Film	1983	Fanny Hill	Mrs. Jones	uncredited

TV film	1983	Love Story: Mr. Right	Gran

TV series	1983	Now and Then	Gran	7 episodes

TV film	1983	Separate Tables	Miss Meacham

TV series	1984	The Bill	Maggie

TV film	1984	A Christmas Carol	Mrs. Dilber	based on the novel by Charles Dickens

TV series	1984	The Lenny Henry Show	1 episode

TV series	1984	Now and Then	Gran	6 episodes

TV series	1984	One by One	"We Called in the Experts" "Nature's Great Masterpiece" "They Shoot Tigers in India" "Silver Linings" "Pastures New" "A Long Weekend" "Doctor's Orders" "The Woman's Touch" "Ends and Beginnings"	Gran Turner

Film	1984	A Private Function	Joyce's Mother	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

TV series	1985	Mann's Best Friends	Mrs. Anstruther	4 episodes

TV series	1985	Rainbow	"Overhelpfuls"	Auntie Liz

TV film	1986	Harem	Mrs. Pendleton	miniseries-movie

TV series	1986	King & Castle	"Friends"	Mrs. Chalmers

TV miniseries	1986	The Life and Loves of a She-Devil	Mrs. Fisher	based on the novel by Fay Weldon

TV series	1987	Bust	"Man of Property"	Brenda Walsh

TV miniseries	1987	Imaginary Friends	Milly Munger	based on the 1967 novel by Alison Lurie

TV series	1987	Valentine Park	Mrs. Giles	4 episodes

TV film	1987	When We Are Married	Mrs. Northrop

TV series	1987	Worlds Beyond	"Undying Love"

Film	1987	Little Dorrit	Mrs. Bangham, Midwife	based on the novel by Charles Dickens

Film	1988	Apartment Zero	Mary Louise McKinney

Film	1988	High Spirits	Mrs. Plunkett

TV series	1988	Valentine Park	"No Particular Place to Go" "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" "A Rose by Any Other Name" "Heroes and Villains" "Swarm!"	Mrs. Giles

Film	1988	We Think the World of You	Millie

TV series	1989	All Change	"The Bosom of the Family"	Aunt Mary

Film	1989	Bert Rigby, You're a Fool	Mrs. Rigby

Film	1989	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	Grace

TV series	1989	Screen Two	"Words of Love"	Gran

TV series	1989	Singles	"Family Likeness"	Mrs. Phelps

TV series	1989	Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin	Mrs. Greenwood	1 episode

TV series	1990	A Bit of Fry & Laurie	1 episode

TV film	1990	Dunrulin	Mrs. Trodd

TV series	1990	Screen Two	"Drowning in the Shallow End"	Agent

TV series	1991	2point4 Children	"Love and Marriage"	Bette	12 episodes total

TV series	1991	The Bill	Mrs. West

TV series	1991	Bottom	"Apocalypse"	Fortune Teller

TV series	1991	El C.I.D.	"Paradise Mislaid"	Mildred

TV series	1991	Making Out	1 episode

TV series	1992	2point4 Children	"I'm Going Slightly Mad" "Misery"	Bette	12 episodes total

Film	1992	Dakota Road	Joan Benson

TV series	1992	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	"Barcelona, May 1917"	Delfina

TV series	1993	2point4 Children	"The Secret Diary of David Porter" "Babes in the Wood"	Bette and Belle Bette	12 episodes total

TV series	1993	Cluedo	"Finders Keepers" "Seven Deadly Sinners" "The Word, the Flesh & the Devil" "The Hanged Man (10 May 1993)" "Where There's a Will" "Publish and Be Damned"	Mrs. White

TV series	1993	Lovejoy	"God Helps Those"	Florence

Film	1993	Piccolo Grande Amore	Queen Mother

Film	1993	Son of the Pink Panther	Marta Balls

TV series	1994	2point4 Children	"You Only Live Twice" "Relax-ay-voo"	Bette	12 episodes total

TV film	1994	Doggin' Around	Mrs. Thompson

TV series	1994	New Voices	"Bad Voodoo"	Nana

TV series	1994	Pirates	Gran (Abigail Blood)

TV series	1994	Takin' Over the Asylum	"Fly Like an Eagle"	Harriet

TV series	1994	The Vicar of Dibley	"The Arrival" "Songs of Praise" "Community Spirit" "The Window & the Weather" "Election" "Animals" "The Easter Bunny"	Letitia Cropley

TV series	1995	2point4 Children	"Mayday"	Bette	12 episodes total

TV series	1995	Casualty	"Hit and Run"	Tillie

Animated TV series	1995	Crapston Villas	Delia (voice)

Film	1995	Haunted	Old Gypsy Woman

TV series	1996	2point4 Children	"Vertigo" "Two Years Before the Mast"	Bette	12 episodes total

TV series	1996	Karaoke	"Friday" "Wednesday" "Tuesday"	Mrs. Baglin

TV series	1996	The Queen's Nose	Grandma	1 episode

Film	1996	Secrets & Lies	Cat Owner

TV series	1996	The Vicar of Dibley	"The Easter Bunny"	Letitia Cropley

Film	1997	Keep the Aspidistra Flying	Mrs. Meakin	a.k.a. A Merry War

TV series	1998	2point4 Children	"When Did You Last See Your Father"	Bette	12 episodes total

Short film	1998	Anthrakitis	Dolly	10 minutes

TV series	1998	The Bill	Edna Finch

Animated TV series	1998	The Canterbury Tales	"Leaving London"	The Hag (voice)

Film	1998	Sweet Revenge	Winnie

TV series	1998	The Royle Family	"Sunday Afternoon" "Wedding Day"	Norma Speakman	11 episodes total

TV series	1998	V.I.P.	"Beats Working at a Hot Dog Stand"	Gossip Columnist

TV series	1999	2point4 Children	"Enter the Dragon"	Bette	12 episodes total

TV film	1999	Alice in Wonderland	Miss Lory

TV film	1999	A Christmas Carol	Mrs. Dilber	based on the novel by Charles Dickens

TV miniseries	1999	Oliver Twist	Sally	based on the novel by Charles Dickens

TV series	1999	The Queen's Nose	"Harmony's Return"	Grandma

TV series	1999	The Royle Family	"Sunday Lunch" "Nana Comes to Stay" "Antony's Birthday" "Christmas with the Royle Family"	Norma Speakman	11 episodes total

TV series	1999	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries	"The Lake of Darkness"	Lena Finn

Film	1999	Tom's Midnight Garden	Mrs. Willows

TV film	1999	Tube Tales	"Horny"	Older Lady

Animated TV series	2000	Animated Tales of the World	"A Story from Taiwan: Aunt Tiger"	Third Aunt (voice)

TV film	2000	A Christmas Carol	Joyce	based on the novel by Charles Dickens

TV series	2000	City Central	"Half Man Half Cop"	Megan Roberts

TV film	2000	Donovan Quick	Granny

TV series	2000	The Royle Family	"Funeral" "London" "The Christening" "The Royle Family at Christmas"	Norma Speakman	11 episodes total

TV film	2001	The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby	Peg Sliderskew	based on the novel by Charles Dickens

TV series	2002	The Bill	Harriet 'Tatsie' Wright	2 episodes

TV film	2002	A Good Thief	Lizzie

TV series	2002	Trial & Retribution	Mrs. Dorothy Norton	2 episodes

Animated short film	2003	Anna Spud	Gran (voice)	10 minutes

TV miniseries	2003	Between the Sheets	Audrey Delany

TV series	2003	Doctors	"An English Woman's Home"	Agatha Clifford

Film	2004	Dead Cool	Liz

TV miniseries	2004	Imperium: Nerone	Soothsayer

Film	2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Grandma Georgina

Film	2005	Keeping Mum	Mrs. Parker

Film	2005	Oliver Twist	Old Woman	based on the novel by Charles Dickens

Animated film	2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Mrs. Mulch (voice)

Film	2006	The Magic Flute	Old Papagena	music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

TV series	2006	The Royle Family	"The Queen of Sheba"	Norma Speakman	11 episodes total 2007 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actress

TV film	2007	The Abbey

Film	2007	Flick	Ma	horror film

Film	2008	City of Ember	Granny Mayfleet

TV series	2008	Lark Rise to Candleford	Zillah	10 episodes

TV film	2009	The Antiques Rogue Show	Olive Greenhalgh

TV film	2009	The All Star Impressions Show	Queen Elizabeth II

TV miniseries	2013	Common Ground	"Colin's Mum"	Colin's Mum	1 episode

TV series	2013	The Tunnel	Harriet Stone

Sentence(s)

In 2005, Liz Smith played Grandma Georgina in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, acted in Oliver Twist and Keeping Mum and provided the voice to Mrs. Mulch in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.

final_sentence: In 2005, Liz Smith played Grandma Georgina in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, acted in Oliver Twist and Keeping Mum and provided the voice to Mrs. Mulch in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.