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
| Birth Location | Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929-09-18 |
| Died | 2008-07-02 |
Movies
Is Anybody There?
as Prudence
2009
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
as Herself
2007
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as The Fat Lady
2001
The Sleeper
as Cath
2000
2000
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs Riggs
1999
Alice in Wonderland
as Duchess
1999
The Barber of Siberia
as Perepiolkina
1998
Paradise Road
as Mrs. Roberts
1997
The Secret Agent
as Winnie's Mother
1996
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
1995
A Pinch of Snuff
as Annabelle Andover
1994
The Hour of the Pig
as Madame Langlois
1993
The Last Vampyre
as Eileen Mason
1993
The Old Devils
as Dorothy Morgan
1992
Impromptu
as Baroness Laginsky
1991
Survival of the Fittest
as Eileen Blackett
1990
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as Tabby
1987
The Devil's Disciple
as Mrs. Dudgeon
1987
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
as Evelyn Smith
1985
Parker
as Mrs. Epps
1985
Sakharov
as Nobel Presenter
1984
The Cold Room
as Frau Hoffman
1984
Those Glory Glory Days
as School Mistress
1983
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Quickly
1982
Spider's Web
as Mildred Peake
1982
Intensive Care
as Alice Duckworth
1982
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
as Mrs. Palmer
1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Miss Markland
1982
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva
1981
The Cause
as Olive James
1981
Richard's Things
as Mrs. Sells
1980
Fox
as Connie Fox
1980
The Dybbuk
as Frade
1980
Julius Caesar
as Calphurnia
1979
Afternoon Off
as Miss Beckinsale
1979
Love Letters on Blue Paper
as Sonia Marsden
1976
Leeds United!
as Maggie
1974
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Marcia
1969
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Mrs Murray
1968
All's Well That Ends Well
as Widow
1968
Elizabeth Spriggs hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows