Elizabeth Spriggs
Known for Acting
- Born
- September 18, 1929
- Birthplace
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Died
- July 2, 2008 (aged 78)
- Also known as
- Elizabeth Jean Williams, Elisabeth 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).
Latest
Is Anybody There?Prudence2009Rating: 6.3 out of 10
JerichoEllen Jericho2005SeriesRating: 7.3 out of 10
Love SoupPenny's Mother (voice)2005SeriesRating: 8.6 out of 10
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls2004Rating: 5.5 out of 10
The RoyalDolly Smith2003SeriesRating: 7.8 out of 10- Nice Guy EddieVera McMullen2002SeriesRating: 10.0 out of 10
ShackletonJanet Stancombe Wills2002SeriesRating: 7.2 out of 10
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe Fat Lady2001Rating: 7.9 out of 10
The SleeperCath2000Rating: 6.5 out of 10
For My BabyOlga Jenikova2000Rating: 3.8 out of 10- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000SeriesRating: 6.8 out of 10
A Christmas CarolMrs. Riggs1999Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Wives and DaughtersMrs Goodenough1999SeriesRating: 7.3 out of 10
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceSchultz1999Rating: 5.2 out of 10
Alice in WonderlandDuchess1999Rating: 6.2 out of 10
The Barber of SiberiaPerepiolkina1998Rating: 7.1 out of 10
Midsomer MurdersIris Rainbird, Ursula Gooding1997SeriesRating: 7.5 out of 10
Paradise RoadMrs. Roberts1997Rating: 6.3 out of 10
The Secret AgentWinnie's Mother1996Rating: 5.6 out of 10
The Snow Queen's RevengeBrenda (voice)1996Rating: 5.7 out of 10
Known for
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe Fat Lady2001Rating: 7.9 out of 10
Sense and SensibilityMrs. Jennings1995Rating: 7.4 out of 10
Doctor WhoMaddy, Tabby1963SeriesRating: 7.9 out of 10- Alice in WonderlandDuchess1999Rating: 6.2 out of 10
Tales from the CryptMrs. Trask1989SeriesRating: 8.0 out of 10- A Christmas CarolMrs. Riggs1999Rating: 7.0 out of 10
Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. Leadbetter1989SeriesRating: 8.2 out of 10- Midsomer MurdersIris Rainbird, Ursula Gooding1997SeriesRating: 7.5 out of 10
- The Barber of SiberiaPerepiolkina1998Rating: 7.1 out of 10
Lady Chatterley's LoverLady Eva1981Rating: 5.4 out of 10- Paradise RoadMrs. Roberts1997Rating: 6.3 out of 10
Sherlock HolmesMrs Mason1984SeriesRating: 8.2 out of 10
Filmography
102 titles
