Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
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).
Born: September 18, 1929 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Filmography (51)
Is Anybody There?
2009
Love Soup
2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
The Royal
2003
Shackleton
2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
A Christmas Carol
1999
Wives and Daughters
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
Alice in Wonderland
1999
The Barber of Siberia
1998
Midsomer Murders
1997
Paradise Road
1997
The Secret Agent
1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
Middlemarch
1994
The Hour of the Pig
1993
The Last Vampyre
1993
Heartbeat
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Performance
1991
Soldier Soldier
1991
Impromptu
1991
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Watching
1987
Casualty
1986
Lovejoy
1986
Sherlock Holmes
1984
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
Spider's Web
1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
Bergerac
1981
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
Richard's Things
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
Victorian Scandals
1976
Playhouse
1974
Play for Today
1970
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
The Expert
1968
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Doctor Who
1963