Elizabeth Spriggs
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
Nobel Presenter
Sakharov
Frade
The Dybbuk
Eileen Blackett
Survival of the Fittest
Winnie's Mother
The Secret Agent
Olga Jenikova
For My Baby
Marcia
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Calphurnia
Julius Caesar
Perepiolkina
Сибирский цирюльник
Mrs. Jennings
Sense and Sensibility
Maggie
Leeds United!
Eileen Mason
The Last Vampyre
Alice Duckworth
Intensive Care
Miss Beckinsale
Afternoon Off
Mrs. Roberts
Paradise Road
Duchess
Alice in Wonderland
Mrs. Sells
Richard's Things
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Eleanor Hawkes
Rust
Lady Eva
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Widow
All's Well That Ends Well
Connie Fox
Fox
Prudence
Is Anybody There?
The Fat Lady
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
School Mistress
Those Glory Glory Days
Mildred Peake
Spider's Web
Mrs. Riggs
A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Epps
Parker
Evelyn Smith
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
Baroness Laginsky
Impromptu
Madame Langlois
The Hour of the Pig
Mrs Murray
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Miss Markland
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Schultz
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Annabelle Andover
A Pinch of Snuff
Mistress Quickly
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mrs. Dudgeon
The Devil's Disciple
Herself
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Cath
The Sleeper
Sonia Marsden
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Mrs. Palmer
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Olive James
The Cause
Tabby
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Frau Hoffman
The Cold Room
Dorothy Morgan
The Old Devils
Cora
Our Winnie
Miss Parsons
The Enigma
Middle Class Woman
Fothergill
Mrs Radcliffe
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Sarah
Able's Will
Brenda (voice)
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
50
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-09-18
Place of Birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Elizabeth Jean Williams