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)
The Sleeper
as Cath
(2000)
For My Baby
as Olga Jenikova
(1999)
Alice in Wonderland
as Duchess
(1999)
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs Riggs
(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)
The Devil's Disciple
as Mrs. Dudgeon
(1987)
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as Tabby
(1985)
Parker
as Mrs. Epps
(1985)
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
as Evelyn Smith
(1984)
Sakharov
as Nobel Presenter
(1984)
The Cold Room
as Frau Hoffman
(1983)
Those Glory Glory Days
as School Mistress
(1982)
Spider's Web
as Mildred Peake
(1982)
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Quickly
(1982)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Miss Markland
(1982)
Intensive Care
as Alice Duckworth
(1982)
Our Winnie
as Cora
(1982)
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
as Mrs. Palmer
(1981)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva
(1981)
The Cause
as Olive James
(1981)
Fothergill
as Middle Class Woman
(1981)
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
as Mrs Radcliffe
(1980)
Fox
as Connie Fox
(1980)
Richard's Things
as Mrs. Sells
(1980)
The Dybbuk
as Frade
(1980)
The Enigma
as Miss Parsons
(1979)
Afternoon Off
as Miss Beckinsale
(1979)
Julius Caesar
as Calphurnia
(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)
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Mrs Murray
(1968)
All's Well That Ends Well
as Widow