Acting
Elizabeth Spriggs
Born 1929-09-18 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Died 2008-07-02
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
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Sense and Sensibility
Alice in Wonderland
Lady Chatterley's Lover
The Barber of Siberia
Paradise Road
A Christmas Carol
Impromptu
A Pinch of Snuff
The Last Vampyre
Is Anybody There?
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Secret Agent
Spider's Web
The Hour of the Pig
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Wizard People, Dear Reader
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
For My Baby
The Cold Room
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Taken at the Flood
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Love Letters on Blue Paper
The Old Devils
Leeds United!
Sakharov
The Devil's Disciple
The Dybbuk
Richard's Things
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Julius Caesar
The Sleeper
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Parker
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Those Glory Glory Days
The Cause
Afternoon Off