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Elizabeth Spriggs

Acting · Born 1929-09-18 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

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).

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Credits · 87

Is Anybody There?

2009 · Prudence

2005 · Ellen Jericho

2005 · Penny's Mother (voice)

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

2003 · Dolly Smith

2002 · Vera McMullen

2002 · Janet Stancombe Wills

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001 · The Fat Lady

2000 · Olga Jenikova

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

A Christmas Carol

1999 · Mrs. Riggs

Wives and Daughters

1999 · Mrs Goodenough

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

1999 · Schultz

Alice in Wonderland

1999 · Duchess

The Barber of Siberia

1998 · Perepiolkina

Midsomer Murders

1997 · Iris Rainbird

1997 · Mrs. Roberts

The Secret Agent

1996 · Winnie's Mother

The Snow Queen's Revenge

1996 · Brenda (voice)

Sense and Sensibility

1995 · Mrs. Jennings

Martin Chuzzlewit

1994 · Mrs Gamp

Takin' Over the Asylum

1994 · Grandma

1994 · Mrs. Cadwallader

The Hour of the Pig

1993 · Madame Langlois

The Last Vampyre

1993 · Eileen Mason

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

1992 · Inge Middleton

1992 · Rene Kirby

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992 · Schultz

1991 · Mistress Quickly

Soldier Soldier

1991 · Mrs. Henwood

1991 · Baroness Laginsky

Jeeves and Wooster

1990 · Aunt Agatha

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

1989 · Eileen Blackett

Tales from the Crypt

1989 · Mrs. Trask

Young Charlie Chaplin

1989 · Madge Kendal

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 · Mrs. Leadbetter

Simon and the Witch

1987 · The Witch

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987 · Eva Peterlee

1987 · Aunty Peggy

The Devil's Disciple

1987 · Mrs. Dudgeon

1986 · Barbara Thomas

1986 · Daphne Shotley

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

1985 · Evelyn Smith

Time for Murder

1985 · Evelyn Smith

1985 · Mrs. Dudgeon

1985 · Mrs. Epps

1984 · Nobel Presenter

Sherlock Holmes

1984 · Mrs Mason

1984 · Frau Hoffman

Those Glory Glory Days

1983 · School Mistress

The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982 · Mistress Quickly

1982 · Mildred Peake

Objects of Affection

1982 · Alice Duckworth

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

1982 · Mrs. Palmer

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

1982 · Miss Markland

Shine on Harvey Moon

1981 · Mary Lou Costain

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981 · Lady Eva

Richard's Things

1980 · Mrs. Sells

1980 · Mrs Gurney

1980 · Connie Fox

1980 · Connie Fox

Tales of the Unexpected

1979 · Aunt May

1979 · Calphurnia

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978 · Mistress Quickly

BBC2 Play of the Week

Victorian Scandals

1976 · Hannah Cullwick

Love Letters on Blue Paper

1976 · Sonia Marsden

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

1974 · Miss Parsons

Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts

1973 · Zena Pool

1973 · Eleanor Hawkes

1970 · Sonia Marsden

3 Into 2 Won't Go

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

1968 · Mrs Murray

1968 · Mrs. Kyneston

All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

BBC Play of the Month

1965 · Maud Lowder

1963 · Lampito

Armchair Theatre

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