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Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

Born: 1929-09-18 • Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

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).

Filmography
Is Anybody There? poster
Is Anybody There?
2009 • Prudence
James Ellis: An Actor's Life poster
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007 • Herself
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls poster
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone poster
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 • The Fat Lady
The Sleeper poster
The Sleeper
2000 • Cath
For My Baby poster
For My Baby
2000 • Olga Jenikova
A Christmas Carol poster
A Christmas Carol
1999 • Mrs. Riggs
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service poster
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999 • Schultz
Alice in Wonderland poster
Alice in Wonderland
1999 • Duchess
The Barber of Siberia poster
The Barber of Siberia
1998 • Perepiolkina
Paradise Road poster
Paradise Road
1997 • Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent poster
The Secret Agent
1996 • Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge poster
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996 • Brenda (voice)
Sense and Sensibility poster
Sense and Sensibility
1995 • Mrs. Jennings
A Pinch of Snuff poster
A Pinch of Snuff
1994 • Annabelle Andover
The Hour of the Pig poster
The Hour of the Pig
1993 • Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre poster
The Last Vampyre
1993 • Eileen Mason
The Old Devils poster
The Old Devils
1992 • Dorothy Morgan
Impromptu poster
Impromptu
1991 • Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest poster
Survival of the Fittest
1990 • Eileen Blackett
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers poster
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987 • Tabby
The Devil's Disciple poster
The Devil's Disciple
1987 • Mrs. Dudgeon
No Image
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985 • Evelyn Smith
Parker poster
Parker
1985 • Mrs. Epps
Sakharov poster
Sakharov
1984 • Nobel Presenter
The Cold Room poster
The Cold Room
1984 • Frau Hoffman
Those Glory Glory Days poster
Those Glory Glory Days
1983 • School Mistress
The Merry Wives of Windsor poster
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 • Mistress Quickly
Spider's Web poster
Spider's Web
1982 • Mildred Peake
Our Winnie poster
Our Winnie
1982 • Cora
Intensive Care poster
Intensive Care
1982 • Alice Duckworth
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer poster
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982 • Mrs. Palmer
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman poster
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982 • Miss Markland
Lady Chatterley's Lover poster
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981 • Lady Eva
The Cause poster
The Cause
1981 • Olive James
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe poster
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981 • Mrs Radcliffe
Fothergill poster
Fothergill
1981 • Middle Class Woman
Richard's Things poster
Richard's Things
1980 • Mrs. Sells
No Image
Fox
1980 • Connie Fox
The Dybbuk poster
The Dybbuk
1980 • Frade
The Enigma poster
The Enigma
1980 • Miss Parsons
Julius Caesar poster
Julius Caesar
1979 • Calphurnia
Afternoon Off poster
Afternoon Off
1979 • Miss Beckinsale
Able's Will poster
Able's Will
1977 • Sarah
Love Letters on Blue Paper poster
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976 • Sonia Marsden
Leeds United! poster
Leeds United!
1974 • Maggie
No Image
Rust
1973 • Eleanor Hawkes
3 Into 2 Won't Go poster
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969 • Marcia
Work Is a 4-Letter Word poster
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968 • Mrs Murray
No Image
All's Well That Ends Well
1968 • Widow