Our Betty - Liz Smith

I’ve been reading a lot of factual books lately, especially biographies and autobiographies. Amongst my ‘to read’ pile and alongside biographies on Marilyn Monroe, Diana Dors and Jean Harlow, there was the autobiography of actress Liz Smith – a rather different kind of actress from the afore-mentioned blonde bombshells. Liz Smith is one of those actresses whose name you might not know, but you would definitely recognise her face. She was born in 1921 and will be 86 in December and is still working well. Her CV at IMDB.com has credits from over a hundred TV programmes and films. She has also done plenty of stage work too. She credits Mike Leigh with ...