Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
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 99
Movies (50)
Is Anybody There?2009Prudence
James Ellis: An Actor's Life2007Herself
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001The Fat Lady
The Sleeper2000Cath
For My Baby2000Olga Jenikova
A Christmas Carol1999Mrs. Riggs
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service1999Schultz
Alice in Wonderland1999Duchess
The Barber of Siberia1998Perepiolkina
Paradise Road1997Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent1996Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge1996Brenda (voice)
Sense and Sensibility1995Mrs. Jennings
A Pinch of Snuff1994Annabelle Andover
The Hour of the Pig1993Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre1993Eileen Mason
The Old Devils1992Dorothy Morgan
Impromptu1991Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest1990Eileen Blackett
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers1987Tabby
The Devil's Disciple1987Mrs. Dudgeon- The Thirteenth Day of Christmas1985Evelyn Smith
Parker1985Mrs. Epps
Sakharov1984Nobel Presenter
The Cold Room1984Frau Hoffman
Those Glory Glory Days1983School Mistress
The Merry Wives of Windsor1982Mistress Quickly
Spider's Web1982Mildred Peake
Our Winnie1982Cora
Shows (49)
Jericho2005Ellen Jericho
Love Soup2005Penny's Mother (voice)
The Royal2003Dolly Smith- Nice Guy Eddie2002Vera McMullen
Shackleton2002Janet Stancombe Wills- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000
Wives and Daughters1999Mrs Goodenough
Midsomer Murders1997Iris Rainbird
Martin Chuzzlewit1994Mrs Gamp
Takin' Over the Asylum1994Grandma
Middlemarch1994Mrs. Cadwallader
Anglo Saxon Attitudes1992Inge Middleton
Heartbeat1992Rene Kirby
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992Schultz
Performance1991Mistress Quickly
Soldier Soldier1991Mrs. Henwood
Jeeves and Wooster1990Aunt Agatha
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit1990May
Screen One1989Eileen Blackett
Tales from the Crypt1989Mrs. Trask
Young Charlie Chaplin1989Madge Kendal
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989Mrs. Leadbetter
Simon and the Witch1987The Witch
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987Eva Peterlee
Watching1987Aunty Peggy
Casualty1986Barbara Thomas
Lovejoy1986Daphne Shotley
Time for Murder1985Evelyn Smith
Theatre Night1985Mrs. Dudgeon
Sherlock Holmes1984Mrs Mason