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Elizabeth Spriggs

Acting 78 (deceased) years old Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK ★ 1.2
Born: September 18, 1929
Died: July 2, 2008

Biography

Elizabeth Jean Spriggs -Manson (née Williams) was an English character actress.

Her roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Gertrude in Hamlet and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. In 1978, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Arnold Wesker's Love Letters on Blue Paper.

Her best known role in film was as Mrs. Jennings in Sense and Sensibility (1995), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include Richard's Things (1980), Impromptu (1991), Paradise Road (1997) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).

Filmography

Acting Credits (106)

Is Anybody There?
Is Anybody There? Prudence 2009
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
James Ellis: An Actor's Life Herself 2007
Jericho
Jericho Ellen Jericho 2005
Love Soup
Love Soup Penny's Mother (voice) 2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls 2004
The Royal
The Royal Dolly Smith 2003
Nice Guy Eddie
Nice Guy Eddie Vera McMullen 2002
Shackleton
Shackleton Janet Stancombe Wills 2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone The Fat Lady 2001
The Sleeper
The Sleeper Cath 2000
For My Baby
For My Baby Olga Jenikova 2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) 2000
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol Mrs. Riggs 1999
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters Mrs Goodenough 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service Schultz 1999
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland Duchess 1999
The Barber of Siberia
The Barber of Siberia Perepiolkina 1998
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders Iris Rainbird 1997
Midsomer Murders
Midsomer Murders Ursula Gooding 1997
Paradise Road
Paradise Road Mrs. Roberts 1997
The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent Winnie's Mother 1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
The Snow Queen's Revenge Brenda (voice) 1996
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility Mrs. Jennings 1995
Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit Mrs Gamp 1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
Takin' Over the Asylum Grandma 1994
A Pinch of Snuff
A Pinch of Snuff Annabelle Andover 1994
Middlemarch
Middlemarch Mrs. Cadwallader 1994
The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig Madame Langlois 1993
The Last Vampyre
The Last Vampyre Eileen Mason 1993
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Anglo Saxon Attitudes Inge Middleton 1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Rene Kirby 1992
Heartbeat
Heartbeat Mrs. Andrews 1992
The Old Devils
The Old Devils Dorothy Morgan 1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Schultz 1992
Performance
Performance Mistress Quickly 1991
Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier Mrs. Henwood 1991
Impromptu
Impromptu Baroness Laginsky 1991
Survival of the Fittest
Survival of the Fittest Eileen Blackett 1990
Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster Aunt Agatha 1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit May 1990
Screen One
Screen One Eileen Blackett 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt Mrs. Trask 1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
Young Charlie Chaplin Madge Kendal 1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
Young Charlie Chaplin 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Agatha Christie's Poirot Mrs. Leadbetter 1989
Simon and the Witch
Simon and the Witch The Witch 1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers Tabby 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Eva Peterlee 1987
Watching
Watching Aunty Peggy 1987
The Devil's Disciple
The Devil's Disciple Mrs. Dudgeon 1987
Casualty
Casualty Barbara Thomas 1986
Lovejoy
Lovejoy Daphne Shotley 1986
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas Evelyn Smith 1985
Time for Murder
Time for Murder Evelyn Smith 1985
Theatre Night
Theatre Night Mrs. Dudgeon 1985
Parker
Parker Mrs. Epps 1985
Sakharov
Sakharov Nobel Presenter 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes Mrs Mason 1984
The Cold Room
The Cold Room Frau Hoffman 1984
Those Glory Glory Days
Those Glory Glory Days School Mistress 1983
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor Mistress Quickly 1982
Spider's Web
Spider's Web Mildred Peake 1982
Our Winnie
Our Winnie Cora 1982
Objects of Affection
Objects of Affection Cora 1982
Intensive Care
Intensive Care Alice Duckworth 1982
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer Mrs. Palmer 1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Miss Markland 1982
Shine on Harvey Moon
Shine on Harvey Moon Nan 1982
Bergerac
Bergerac Mary Lou Costain 1981
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover Lady Eva 1981
The Cause
The Cause Olive James 1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe Mrs Radcliffe 1981
Fothergill
Fothergill Middle Class Woman 1981
Richard's Things
Richard's Things Mrs. Sells 1980
Cribb
Cribb Mrs Gurney 1980
Fox
Fox Connie Fox 1980
Fox
Fox Connie Fox 1980
The Dybbuk
The Dybbuk Frade 1980
The Enigma
The Enigma Miss Parsons 1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected Aunt May 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected Martha 1979
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar Calphurnia 1979
Afternoon Off
Afternoon Off Miss Beckinsale 1979
Able's Will
Able's Will Sarah 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
BBC2 Play of the Week Sarah 1977
Victorian Scandals
Victorian Scandals Hannah Cullwick 1976
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Love Letters on Blue Paper Sonia Marsden 1976
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac 1975
Leeds United!
Leeds United! Maggie 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Miss Parsons 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Middle-Class Woman 1974
Playhouse
Playhouse Mrs. Radcliffe 1974
Rust
Rust Eleanor Hawkes 1973
Black and Blue
Black and Blue Eleanor Hawkes 1973
Play for Today
Play for Today Sonia Marsden 1970
Play for Today
Play for Today Olive James 1970
Play for Today
Play for Today Alice Duckworth 1970
Play for Today
Play for Today Maggie 1970
3 Into 2 Won't Go
3 Into 2 Won't Go Marcia 1969
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Work Is a 4-Letter Word Mrs Murray 1968
The Expert
The Expert Mrs. Kyneston 1968
All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well Widow 1968
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month Maud Lowder 1965
Theatre 625
Theatre 625 1964
Doctor Who
Doctor Who Maddy 1963
Festival
Festival Lampito 1963

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