Elizabeth Spriggs
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-09-18
Day of Death
2008-07-02 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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
Acting
(2009)
Is Anybody There?
as Prudence
(2007)
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
as Herself
(2004)
(2001)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as The Fat Lady
(2000)
For My Baby
as Olga Jenikova
(2000)
The Sleeper
as Cath
(1999)
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Riggs
(1999)
Alice in Wonderland
as Duchess
(1999)
(1998)
The Barber of Siberia
as Perepiolkina
(1997)
Paradise Road
as Mrs. Roberts
(1996)
The Secret Agent
as Winnie's Mother
(1996)
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Brenda (voice)
(1995)
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
(1994)
A Pinch of Snuff
as Annabelle Andover
(1993)
The Last Vampyre
as Eileen Mason
(1993)
The Hour of the Pig
as Madame Langlois
(1992)
The Old Devils
as Dorothy Morgan
(1991)
Impromptu
as Baroness Laginsky
(1990)
Survival of the Fittest
as Eileen Blackett
(1987)
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as Tabby
(1987)
The Devil's Disciple
as Mrs. Dudgeon
(1985)
Parker
as Mrs. Epps
(1985)
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
as Evelyn Smith
(1984)
The Cold Room
as Frau Hoffman
(1984)
Strangers and Brothers
as Lady Muriel Royce
(1984)
Sakharov
as Nobel Presenter
(1983)
Those Glory Glory Days
as School Mistress
(1982)
Intensive Care
as Alice Duckworth
(1982)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Quickly
(1982)
Spider's Web
as Mildred Peake
(1982)
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
as Mrs. Palmer
(1982)
Our Winnie
as Cora
(1982)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Miss Markland
(1981)
The Cause
as Olive James
(1981)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva
(1981)
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
as Mrs Radcliffe
(1981)
Fothergill
as Middle Class Woman
(1980)
The Enigma
as Miss Parsons
(1980)
The Dybbuk
as Frade
(1980)
Fox
as Connie Fox
(1980)
Richard's Things
as Mrs. Sells
(1979)
Julius Caesar
as Calphurnia
(1979)
Afternoon Off
as Miss Beckinsale
(1977)
Able's Will
as Sarah
(1976)
Love Letters on Blue Paper
as Sonia Marsden
(1974)
Leeds United!
as Maggie
(1973)
Rust
as Eleanor Hawkes
(1969)
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Marcia
(1968)
All's Well That Ends Well
as Widow
(1968)
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Mrs Murray