
Elizabeth Spriggs
Known for Acting · 98 credits
- Born
- 1929-09-18
- Died
- 2008-07-02
- Place of birth
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as
- Elizabeth Jean Williams · Elisabeth Spriggs · Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson · Елізабет Спріггс
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
TV Shows (48)

Midsomer Murders
1997
as Iris Rainbird / Ursula Gooding

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs. Leadbetter

Doctor Who
1963
as Maddy

Casualty
1986
as Barbara Thomas

Play for Today
1970
as Sonia Marsden / Olive James / Maggie / Alice Duckworth

Heartbeat
1992
as Rene Kirby / Mrs. Andrews

BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Maud Lowder

Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mrs Mason

Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Aunt May / Martha

Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mrs. Trask

Bergerac
1981
as Mary Lou Costain

Playhouse
1974
as Miss Parsons / Middle-Class Woman / Mrs. Radcliffe

Theatre 625
1964

Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Aunt Agatha

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Eva Peterlee

Soldier Soldier
1991
as Mrs. Henwood

Lovejoy
1986
as Daphne Shotley

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Schultz

BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Sarah

Performance
1991
as Mistress Quickly

The Expert
1968
as Mrs. Kyneston

Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Nan
Festival
1963
as Lampito

Screen One
1989
as Eileen Blackett

Watching
1987
as Aunty Peggy
Second City Firsts
1973
as Zena Pool

Middlemarch
1994
as Mrs. Cadwallader

Cribb
1980
as Mrs Gurney
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000

Wives and Daughters
1999
as Mrs Goodenough

Jericho
2005
as Ellen Jericho

Shackleton
2002
as Janet Stancombe Wills

Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mrs Gamp

Love Soup
2005
as Penny's Mother (voice)
Black and Blue
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes

Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Grandma

Victorian Scandals
1976
as Hannah Cullwick

Fox
1980
as Connie Fox

Theatre Night
1985
as Mrs. Dudgeon

Objects of Affection
1982
as Cora

Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
as Inge Middleton

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
as May

Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Madge Kendal

Time for Murder
1985
as Evelyn Smith
Nice Guy Eddie
2002
as Vera McMullen

The Royal
2003
as Dolly Smith
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975

Simon and the Witch
1987
as The Witch
Movies (50)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as The Fat Lady

Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mrs. Jennings

The Barber of Siberia
1998
as Perepiolkina

Impromptu
1991
as Baroness Laginsky

Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
as Lady Eva
Fox
1980
as Connie Fox

A Christmas Carol
1999
as Mrs. Riggs

Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Duchess

Paradise Road
1997
as Mrs. Roberts

The Secret Agent
1996
as Winnie's Mother

Richard's Things
1980
as Mrs. Sells

The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Madame Langlois

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Schultz

Is Anybody There?
2009
as Prudence

The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Mistress Quickly

Intensive Care
1982
as Alice Duckworth

The Last Vampyre
1993
as Eileen Mason

The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
as Brenda (voice)

Julius Caesar
1979
as Calphurnia

Spider's Web
1982
as Mildred Peake

Parker
1985
as Mrs. Epps

The Cold Room
1984
as Frau Hoffman

Sakharov
1984
as Nobel Presenter

Afternoon Off
1979
as Miss Beckinsale

The Sleeper
2000
as Cath

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
as Tabby

3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Marcia

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Miss Markland

Leeds United!
1974
as Maggie

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004

Those Glory Glory Days
1983
as School Mistress

For My Baby
2000
as Olga Jenikova

The Old Devils
1992
as Dorothy Morgan

Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
as Sonia Marsden

A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Annabelle Andover

Our Winnie
1982
as Cora
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985
as Evelyn Smith

Fothergill
1981
as Middle Class Woman

Able's Will
1977
as Sarah

The Enigma
1980
as Miss Parsons

The Cause
1981
as Olive James
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Widow

Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
as Mrs Murray

The Devil's Disciple
1987
as Mrs. Dudgeon

Survival of the Fittest
1990
as Eileen Blackett

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
as Mrs Radcliffe

James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007
as Herself
Rust
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982
as Mrs. Palmer

The Dybbuk
1980
as Frade
About Elizabeth Spriggs
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)… With 98 credits spanning from 1963 to 2009, Elizabeth Spriggs has appeared in 50 films and 48 TV shows.
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Most Popular Elizabeth Spriggs Movies
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) — as The Fat Lady
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) — as Mrs. Jennings
- The Barber of Siberia (1998) — as Perepiolkina
- Impromptu (1991) — as Baroness Laginsky
- Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) — as Lady Eva
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