Elizabeth Spriggs
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Sep 18, 1929 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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
| 2009 | Is Anybody There?Prudence | |
| 2007 | James Ellis: An Actor's LifeHerself | |
| 2006 | Taken at the FloodMrs. Leadbetter | |
| 2005 | JerichoEllen Jericho | |
| 2005 | Love SoupPenny's Mother (voice) | |
| 2004 | The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | |
| 2003 | The RoyalDolly Smith | |
| 2002 | Nice Guy EddieVera McMullen | |
| 2002 | ShackletonJanet Stancombe Wills | |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe Fat Lady | |
| 2000 | For My BabyOlga Jenikova | |
| 2000 | The SleeperCath | |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | |
| 1999 | Alice in WonderlandDuchess | |
| 1999 | A Christmas CarolMrs. Riggs | |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceSchultz | |
| 1999 | Wives and DaughtersMrs Goodenough | |
| 1998 | The Barber of SiberiaPerepiolkina | |
| 1997 | Paradise RoadMrs. Roberts | |
| 1997 | Midsomer MurdersIris Rainbird | |
| 1997 | Midsomer MurdersUrsula Gooding | |
| 1996 | The Secret AgentWinnie's Mother | |
| 1996 | The Snow Queen's RevengeBrenda (voice) | |
| 1995 | Sense and SensibilityMrs. Jennings | |
| 1994 | A Pinch of SnuffAnnabelle Andover | |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the AsylumGrandma | |
| 1994 | MiddlemarchMrs. Cadwallader | |
| 1994 | Martin ChuzzlewitMrs Gamp | |
| 1993 | The Last VampyreEileen Mason | |
| 1993 | The Hour of the PigMadame Langlois | |
| 1992 | The Old DevilsDorothy Morgan | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSchultz | |
| 1992 | HeartbeatRene Kirby | |
| 1992 | Anglo Saxon AttitudesInge Middleton | |
| 1992 | HeartbeatMrs. Andrews | |
| 1991 | ImpromptuBaroness Laginsky | |
| 1991 | Soldier SoldierMrs. Henwood | |
| 1991 | PerformanceMistress Quickly | |
| 1990 | Survival of the FittestEileen Blackett | |
| 1990 | Jeeves and WoosterAunt Agatha | |
| 1990 | Oranges Are Not the Only FruitMay | |
| 1989 | Tales from the CryptMrs. Trask | |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. Leadbetter | |
| 1989 | Young Charlie ChaplinMadge Kendal | |
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin | |
| 1987 | The Devil's DiscipleMrs. Dudgeon | |
| 1987 | Doctor Who: Paradise TowersTabby | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell MysteriesEva Peterlee | |
| 1987 | Simon and the WitchThe Witch | |
| 1987 | WatchingAunty Peggy | |
| 1986 | LovejoyDaphne Shotley | |
| 1986 | CasualtyBarbara Thomas | |
| 1985 | ParkerMrs. Epps | |
| 1985 | The Thirteenth Day of ChristmasEvelyn Smith | |
| 1985 | Theatre NightMrs. Dudgeon | |
| 1985 | Time for MurderEvelyn Smith | |
| 1984 | SakharovNobel Presenter | |
| 1984 | The Cold RoomFrau Hoffman | |
| 1984 | Sherlock HolmesMrs Mason | |
| 1983 | Those Glory Glory DaysSchool Mistress | |
| 1982 | Intensive CareAlice Duckworth | |
| 1982 | Spider's WebMildred Peake | |
| 1982 | An Unsuitable Job for a WomanMiss Markland | |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of WindsorMistress Quickly | |
| 1982 | The Haunting of Cassie PalmerMrs. Palmer | |
| 1982 | Our WinnieCora | |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey MoonNan | |
| 1982 | Objects of AffectionCora | |
| 1981 | Lady Chatterley's LoverLady Eva | |
| 1981 | The CauseOlive James | |
| 1981 | FothergillMiddle Class Woman | |
| 1981 | The Kindness of Mrs RadcliffeMrs Radcliffe | |
| 1981 | BergeracMary Lou Costain | |
| 1980 | The DybbukFrade | |
| 1980 | Richard's ThingsMrs. Sells | |
| 1980 | FoxConnie Fox | |
| 1980 | The EnigmaMiss Parsons | |
| 1980 | FoxConnie Fox | |
| 1980 | CribbMrs Gurney | |
| 1979 | Julius CaesarCalphurnia | |
| 1979 | Afternoon OffMiss Beckinsale | |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedAunt May | |
| 1979 | Tales of the UnexpectedMartha | |
| 1977 | Able's WillSarah | |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the WeekSarah | |
| 1976 | Love Letters on Blue PaperSonia Marsden | |
| 1976 | Victorian ScandalsHannah Cullwick | |
| 1975 | Prometheus: The Life of Balzac | |
| 1974 | Leeds United!Maggie | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseMiss Parsons | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseMiddle-Class Woman | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseMrs. Radcliffe | |
| 1973 | RustEleanor Hawkes | |
| 1973 | Black and BlueEleanor Hawkes | |
| 1970 | Play for TodaySonia Marsden | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayOlive James | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayAlice Duckworth | |
| 1970 | Play for TodayMaggie | |
| 1969 | 3 Into 2 Won't GoMarcia | |
| 1968 | All's Well That Ends WellWidow | |
| 1968 | Work Is a 4-Letter WordMrs Murray | |
| 1968 | The ExpertMrs. Kyneston | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthMaud Lowder | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | |
| 1963 | Doctor WhoMaddy | |
| 1963 | FestivalLampito |
| 1956 | Armchair TheatreWriter |