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 an English 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 46,139 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Liz Smith is the 4,523rd most popular actor (up from 5,141st in 2019), the 3,508th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,960th in 2019) and the 527th most popular British Actor.

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  • 46k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Liz Smith ranks 4,523 out of 13,578Before 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 303Before 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 333Before 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 3,508 out of 8,785Before 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).

Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Liz Smith ranks 527Before 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).