Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
Born: 1929-09-18 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died: 2008-07-02
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 film
🎬 Movies (20)
Is Anybody There?
2009
Prudence
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007
Herself
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
The Fat Lady
The Sleeper
2000
Cath
For My Baby
2000
Olga Jenikova
A Christmas Carol
1999
Mrs. Riggs
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
Schultz
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Duchess
The Barber of Siberia
1998
Perepiolkina
Paradise Road
1997
Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent
1996
Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
Brenda (voice)
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Mrs. Jennings
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
Annabelle Andover
The Hour of the Pig
1993
Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre
1993
Eileen Mason
The Old Devils
1992
Dorothy Morgan
Impromptu
1991
Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest
1990
Eileen Blackett
📺 TV Shows (20)
Jericho
2005
Ellen Jericho
Love Soup
2005
Penny's Mother (voice)
The Royal
2003
Dolly Smith
Nice Guy Eddie
2002
Vera McMullen
Shackleton
2002
Janet Stancombe Wills
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Wives and Daughters
1999
Mrs Goodenough
Midsomer Murders
1997
Iris Rainbird
Midsomer Murders
1997
Ursula Gooding
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
Mrs Gamp
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
Grandma
Middlemarch
1994
Mrs. Cadwallader
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
Inge Middleton
Heartbeat
1992
Rene Kirby
Heartbeat
1992
Mrs. Andrews
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Schultz
Performance
1991
Mistress Quickly
Soldier Soldier
1991
Mrs. Henwood
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
Aunt Agatha
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
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