Elizabeth Spriggs
September 18, 1929 (95 years old) in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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
Credits
- 2009 · Is Anybody There? as Prudence
- 2007 · James Ellis: An Actor's Life as Herself
- 2005 · Jericho as Ellen Jericho
- 2005 · Love Soup as Penny's Mother (voice)
- 2004 · The Queen of Sheba's Pearls as
- 2003 · The Royal as Dolly Smith
- 2002 · Nice Guy Eddie as Vera McMullen
- 2002 · Shackleton as Janet Stancombe Wills
- 2001 · Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as The Fat Lady
- 2000 · The Sleeper as Cath
- 2000 · For My Baby as Olga Jenikova
- 2000 · Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) as
- 1999 · A Christmas Carol as Mrs Riggs
- 1999 · Wives and Daughters as Mrs. Goodenough
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Schultz
- 1999 · Alice in Wonderland as Duchess
- 1998 · The Barber of Siberia as Perepiolkina
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Iris Rainbird
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Ursula Gooding
- 1997 · Paradise Road as Mrs. Roberts
- 1996 · The Secret Agent as Winnie's Mother
- 1995 · Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Jennings
- 1994 · Martin Chuzzlewit as Mrs. Gamp
- 1994 · Takin' Over the Asylum as Grandma
- 1994 · Middlemarch as Mrs. Cadwallader
- 1994 · A Pinch of Snuff as Annabelle Andover
- 1994 · Class Act as Harriet Mainwaring
- 1993 · The Hour of the Pig as Madame Langlois
- 1993 · The Last Vampyre as Eileen Mason
- 1992 · Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Inge Middleton
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Rene Kirby
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Mrs. Andrews
- 1992 · The Old Devils as Dorothy Morgan
- 1992 · The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Schultz
- 1991 · Soldier Soldier as Mrs. Henwood
- 1991 · Impromptu as Baroness Laginsky
- 1990 · Survival of the Fittest as Eileen Blackett
- 1990 · Jeeves and Wooster as Aunt Agatha
- 1990 · Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit as May
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Mrs. Trask
- 1989 · Young Charlie Chaplin as Madge Kendal
- 1989 · Agatha Christie's Poirot as Mrs. Leadbetter
- 1988 · Kind of Living as
- 1987 · Simon and the Witch as The Witch
- 1987 · Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as Tabby
- 1987 · The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Eva Peterlee
- 1987 · Watching as Aunt Peggy
- 1987 · The Devil's Disciple as Mrs. Dudgeon
- 1986 · Casualty as Barbara Thomas
- 1986 · Lovejoy as Daphne Shotley
- 1985 · The Thirteenth Day of Christmas as Evelyn Smith
- 1985 · Time for Murder as Evelyn Smith
- 1985 · Parker as Mrs. Epps
- 1984 · Sakharov as Nobel Presenter
- 1984 · Sherlock Holmes as Mrs Mason
- 1984 · The Cold Room as Frau Hoffman
- 1983 · Those Glory Glory Days as School Mistress
- 1982 · The Merry Wives of Windsor as Mistress Quickly
- 1982 · Spider's Web as Mildred Peake
- 1982 · Objects of Affection as Cora
- 1982 · Our Winnie as Cora
- 1982 · Intensive Care as Alice Duckworth
- 1982 · The Haunting of Cassie Palmer as Mrs. Palmer
- 1982 · An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Miss Markland
- 1982 · Shine on Harvey Moon as
- 1981 · Bergerac as Mary Lou Costain
- 1981 · Lady Chatterley's Lover as Lady Eva
- 1981 · The Cause as Olive James
- 1981 · The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe as Mrs Radcliffe
- 1981 · Fothergill as Middle Class Woman
- 1980 · Richard's Things as Mrs. Sells
- 1980 · Fox as Connie Fox
- 1980 · Fox as Connie Fox
- 1980 · The Dybbuk as Frade
- 1980 · The Enigma as Miss Parsons
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Aunt May
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Martha
- 1979 · Julius Caesar as Calphurnia
- 1979 · Afternoon Off as Miss Beckinsale
- 1978 · BBC Television Shakespeare as
- 1977 · Able's Will as Sarah
- 1976 · Victorian Scandals as
- 1976 · Love Letters on Blue Paper as Sonia Marsden
- 1976 · The Glittering Prizes as Lady Frances Davidson
- 1975 · Prometheus: The Life of Balzac as
- 1974 · Leeds United! as Maggie
- 1973 · Rust as Eleanor Hawkes
- 1973 · Black and Blue as
- 1970 · Play for Today as Sonia Marsden
- 1970 · Play for Today as Olive James
- 1970 · Play for Today as Maggie
- 1970 · Play for Today as Alice Duckworth
- 1969 · 3 Into 2 Won't Go as Marcia
- 1968 · Work Is a 4-Letter Word as Mrs Murray
- 1968 · The Expert as Mrs. Kyneston
- 1968 · All's Well That Ends Well as Widow
- 1965 · BBC Play of the Month as Maud Lowder
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Maddy
- 1963 · Festival as Lampito