Elizabeth Spriggs
Known for Acting · 97 credits
- Born
- 1929-09-18
- Died
- 2008-07-02
- Place of birth
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Elizabeth Jean Williams · Elisabeth Spriggs · Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson · Елізабет Спріггс
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).
Known For
TV Shows (47)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Iris Rainbird / Ursula Gooding
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs. Leadbetter
Doctor Who
1963
as Maddy
Casualty
1986
as Barbara Thomas
Play for Today
1970
as Sonia Marsden / Olive James / Maggie / Alice Duckworth
Heartbeat
1992
as Rene Kirby / Mrs. Andrews
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mrs. Trask
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Aunt May / Martha
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mrs Mason
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Maud Lowder
Bergerac
1981
as Mary Lou Costain
Playhouse
1974
as Miss Parsons / Middle-Class Woman / Mrs. Radcliffe
Theatre 625
1964
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Mrs. Henwood
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Aunt Agatha
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Eva Peterlee
Lovejoy
1986
as Daphne Shotley
Performance
1991
as Mistress Quickly
The Expert
1968
as Mrs. Kyneston
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Schultz
Festival
1963
as Lampito
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Sarah
Watching
1987
as Aunty Peggy
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Nan
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Shackleton
2002
as Janet Stancombe Wills
Middlemarch
1994
as Mrs. Cadwallader
Love Soup
2005
as Penny's Mother (voice)
Wives and Daughters
1999
as Mrs Goodenough
Jericho
2005
as Ellen Jericho
Theatre Night
1985
as Mrs. Dudgeon
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mrs Gamp
Screen One
1989
as Eileen Blackett
Fox
1980
as Connie Fox
Cribb
1980
as Mrs Gurney
Black and Blue
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes
Time for Murder
1985
as Evelyn Smith
Victorian Scandals
1976
as Hannah Cullwick
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
as Inge Middleton
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
as May
Objects of Affection
1982
as Cora
Simon and the Witch
1987
as The Witch
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Madge Kendal
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Grandma
The Royal
2003
as Dolly Smith
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975
Nice Guy Eddie
2002
as Vera McMullen
Movies (50)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as The Fat Lady
Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mrs. Jennings
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Duchess
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
as Lady Eva
The Barber of Siberia
1998
as Perepiolkina
A Christmas Carol
1999
as Mrs. Riggs
Paradise Road
1997
as Mrs. Roberts
Impromptu
1991
as Baroness Laginsky
The Secret Agent
1996
as Winnie's Mother
Fox
1980
as Connie Fox
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Mistress Quickly
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
as School Mistress
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Schultz
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
as Brenda (voice)
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Madame Langlois
Is Anybody There?
2009
as Prudence
The Last Vampyre
1993
as Eileen Mason
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Miss Markland
Sakharov
1984
as Nobel Presenter
Our Winnie
1982
as Cora
Fothergill
1981
as Middle Class Woman
The Sleeper
2000
as Cath
Spider's Web
1982
as Mildred Peake
The Cold Room
1984
as Frau Hoffman
Afternoon Off
1979
as Miss Beckinsale
Intensive Care
1982
as Alice Duckworth
Parker
1985
as Mrs. Epps
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Annabelle Andover
Julius Caesar
1979
as Calphurnia
For My Baby
2000
as Olga Jenikova
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Marcia
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Widow
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
as Mrs Murray
Richard's Things
1980
as Mrs. Sells
The Enigma
1980
as Miss Parsons
Leeds United!
1974
as Maggie
The Old Devils
1992
as Dorothy Morgan
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
as Tabby
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007
as Herself
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982
as Mrs. Palmer
Rust
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes
The Devil's Disciple
1987
as Mrs. Dudgeon
The Dybbuk
1980
as Frade
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
as Mrs Radcliffe
Able's Will
1977
as Sarah
Survival of the Fittest
1990
as Eileen Blackett
The Cause
1981
as Olive James
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985
as Evelyn Smith
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
as Sonia Marsden
About Elizabeth Spriggs
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)… With 97 credits spanning from 1963 to 2009, Elizabeth Spriggs has appeared in 50 films and 47 TV shows.
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Most Popular Elizabeth Spriggs Movies
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) — as The Fat Lady
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) — as Mrs. Jennings
- Alice in Wonderland (1999) — as Duchess
- Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) — as Lady Eva
- The Barber of Siberia (1998) — as Perepiolkina
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