ACTOR

Liz Smith

1921 - 2016

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Betty Smith (11 December 1921 – 24 December 2016), known by the stage name Liz Smith, was a British character actress, 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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Liz Smith has received more than 44,041 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Liz Smith is the 4,520th most popular actor (up from 5,141st in 2019), the 3,507th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,960th in 2019) and the 527th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 44k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Liz Smiths by language

Over the past year Liz Smith has had the most page views in the with 13,645 views, followed by German (8,457), and Spanish (7,360). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (88.09%), Southern Azerbaijani (62.68%), and Afrikaans (59.60%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Liz Smith ranks 4,520 out of 13,578. Before her are Julie Dreyfus, Néstor Carbonell, Andrea Elson, Keith Michell, Ruby Rose, and Fanny Brice. After her are Prakash Raj, Gary Graham, Chloë Grace Moretz, Dougray Scott, Angus Macfadyen, and Tiffani Thiessen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Liz Smith ranks 303. Before her are Joseph Iléo, Ruth Orkin, Steve Allen, Karen Hoff, Ernest Gold, and Dominique Mbonyumutwa. After her are Bernard Lown, Roger Bocquet, Ilse Werner, Abdelmalek Benhabyles, Tony Scott, and Isabella Bashmakova. Among people deceased in 2016, Liz Smith ranks 333. Before her are Phyllis Schlafly, Ali Javan, Adrienne Corri, Ronit Elkabetz, Ad-Diba, and Lupita Tovar. After her are Janet Reno, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Arturo Pomar, Pierre Tchernia, Jim Harrison, and Bülent Eken.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Liz Smith ranks 3,507 out of 8,785. Before her are Sandy Denny (1947), Graham Potter (1975), John Lyly (1554), Blanche Bingley (1863), George Cohen (1939), and Dave Holland (1946). After her are Dougray Scott (1965), Angus Macfadyen (1963), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Richard Leach Maddox (1816), Mick Jones (1944), and Natalia Tena (1984).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Liz Smith ranks 527. Before her are Natascha McElhone (1969), Claire Foy (1984), Jenny Agutter (1952), Adrienne Corri (1931), Suze Randall (1946), and Pat Roach (1937). After her are Dougray Scott (1965), Angus Macfadyen (1963), Natalia Tena (1984), Juliet Mills (1941), Sophie Okonedo (1968), and Patricia Routledge (1929).

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Television and Movie Roles

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grandma Georgina
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Jul 13o 20057.048 / 10
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Grace
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Oct 13o 19897.366 / 10
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Mrs. Mulch (voice)
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
Sep 4o 20057.1 / 10