Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
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
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movieIs Anybody There?
2009
Prudence
tvJericho
2005
Ellen Jericho
tvLove Soup
2005
Penny's Mother (voice)
tvThe Royal
2003
Dolly Smith
Nice Guy Eddie
2002
Vera McMullen
tvShackleton
2002
Janet Stancombe Wills
movieFor My Baby
2000
Olga Jenikova
movieA Christmas Carol
1999
Mrs. Riggs
tvWives and Daughters
1999
Mrs Goodenough
movieAlice in Wonderland
1999
Duchess
movieThe Barber of Siberia
1998
Perepiolkina
tvMidsomer Murders
1997
Iris Rainbird / Ursula Gooding
movieParadise Road
1997
Mrs. Roberts
movieThe Secret Agent
1996
Winnie's Mother
movieThe Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
Brenda (voice)
movieSense and Sensibility
1995
Mrs. Jennings
tvMartin Chuzzlewit
1994
Mrs Gamp
tvTakin' Over the Asylum
1994
Grandma
movieA Pinch of Snuff
1994
Annabelle Andover
tvMiddlemarch
1994
Mrs. Cadwallader
movieThe Hour of the Pig
1993
Madame Langlois
movieThe Last Vampyre
1993
Eileen Mason
tvAnglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
Inge Middleton
tvHeartbeat
1992
Rene Kirby / Mrs. Andrews
movieThe Old Devils
1992
Dorothy Morgan
tvPerformance
1991
Mistress Quickly
tvSoldier Soldier
1991
Mrs. Henwood
movieImpromptu
1991
Baroness Laginsky
movieSurvival of the Fittest
1990
Eileen Blackett
tvJeeves and Wooster
1990
Aunt Agatha
tvScreen One
1989
Eileen Blackett
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
Mrs. Trask
tvYoung Charlie Chaplin
1989
Madge Kendal
tvAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Mrs. Leadbetter
tvSimon and the Witch
1987
The Witch
tvThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Eva Peterlee
tvWatching
1987
Aunty Peggy
movieThe Devil's Disciple
1987
Mrs. Dudgeon
tvCasualty
1986
Barbara Thomas
tvLovejoy
1986
Daphne Shotley
tvTime for Murder
1985
Evelyn Smith
tvTheatre Night
1985
Mrs. Dudgeon
movieParker
1985
Mrs. Epps
movieSakharov
1984
Nobel Presenter
tvSherlock Holmes
1984
Mrs Mason
movieThe Cold Room
1984
Frau Hoffman
movieThose Glory Glory Days
1983
School Mistress
movieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Mistress Quickly
movieSpider's Web
1982
Mildred Peake
movieIntensive Care
1982
Alice Duckworth
movieThe Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982
Mrs. Palmer
movieAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
Miss Markland
tvBergerac
1981
Mary Lou Costain
movieLady Chatterley's Lover
1981
Lady Eva
movieThe Cause
1981
Olive James
movieThe Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
Mrs Radcliffe
movieFothergill
1981
Middle Class Woman
movieRichard's Things
1980
Mrs. Sells
tvCribb
1980
Mrs Gurney
Fox
1980
Connie Fox
tvFox
1980
Connie Fox
movieThe Dybbuk
1980
Frade
movieThe Enigma
1980
Miss Parsons
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979
Aunt May / Martha
movieJulius Caesar
1979
Calphurnia
movieAfternoon Off
1979
Miss Beckinsale
tvThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Mistress Quickly
movieAble's Will
1977
Sarah
tvVictorian Scandals
1976
Hannah Cullwick
movieLove Letters on Blue Paper
1976
Sonia Marsden
movieLeeds United!
1974
Maggie
tvPlayhouse
1974
Miss Parsons / Middle-Class Woman / Mrs. Radcliffe
Rust
1973
Eleanor Hawkes
Black and Blue
1973
Eleanor Hawkes
tvPlay for Today
1970
Sonia Marsden / Olive James / Alice Duckworth / Maggie
movieWork Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
Mrs Murray
tvThe Expert
1968
Mrs. Kyneston
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Maud Lowder
tvDoctor Who
1963
Maddy
Festival
1963
Lampito
Writing1
tvArmchair Theatre
1956
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