Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 18, 1929
Place of Birth:
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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Elizabeth 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).
Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Jericho | Ellen Jericho |
| 2005 | Love Soup | Penny's Mother (voice) |
| 2003 | The Royal | Dolly Smith |
| 2002 | Nice Guy Eddie | Vera McMullen |
| 2002 | Shackleton | Janet Stancombe Wills |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters | Mrs. Goodenough |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Iris Rainbird |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Ursula Gooding |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum | Grandma |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit | Mrs. Gamp |
| 1994 | Middlemarch | Mrs. Cadwallader |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Schultz |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Rene Kirby |
| 1992 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes | Inge Middleton |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Mrs. Andrews |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier | Mrs. Henwood |
| 1991 | Performance | Mistress Quickly |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster | Aunt Agatha |
| 1990 | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit | May |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Mrs. Trask |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Mrs. Leadbetter |
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin | Madge Kendal |
| 1988 | Kind of Living | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries | Eva Peterlee |
| 1987 | Simon and the Witch | The Witch |
| 1987 | Watching | Aunty Peggy |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Daphne Shotley |
| 1986 | Casualty | Barbara Thomas |
| 1985 | Time for Murder | Evelyn Smith |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Mrs Mason |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Nan |
| 1982 | Objects of Affection | Cora |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Mary Lou Costain |
| 1980 | Fox | Connie Fox |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Aunt May |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Martha |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Sarah |
| 1976 | The Glittering Prizes | Lady Frances Davidson |
| 1976 | Victorian Scandals | |
| 1975 | Prometheus: The Life of Balzac | |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Miss Parsons |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Middle-Class Woman |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Mrs. Radcliffe |
| 1973 | Black and Blue | Eleanor Hawkes |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Sonia Marsden |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Olive James |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Alice Duckworth |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Maggie |
| 1968 | The Expert | Mrs. Kyneston |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Maud Lowder |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Maddy |
| 1963 | Festival | Lampito |