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).

Credits

Newest first

Is Anybody There?
as Prudence
2009
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
as Herself
2007
Jericho
as Ellen Jericho
2005
Love Soup
as Penny's Mother (voice)
2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
The Royal
as Dolly Smith
2003
Nice Guy Eddie
as Vera McMullen
2002
Shackleton
as Janet Stancombe Wills
2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as The Fat Lady
2001
The Sleeper
as Cath
2000
For My Baby
as Olga Jenikova
2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Riggs
1999
Wives and Daughters
as Mrs Goodenough
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Schultz
1999
Alice in Wonderland
as Duchess
1999
The Barber of Siberia
as Perepiolkina
1998
Midsomer Murders
as Iris Rainbird
1997
Midsomer Murders
as Ursula Gooding
1997
Paradise Road
as Mrs. Roberts
1997
The Secret Agent
as Winnie's Mother
1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Brenda (voice)
1996
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
1995
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Mrs Gamp
1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
as Grandma
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
as Annabelle Andover
1994
Middlemarch
as Mrs. Cadwallader
1994
The Hour of the Pig
as Madame Langlois
1993
The Last Vampyre
as Eileen Mason
1993
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
as Inge Middleton
1992
Heartbeat
as Rene Kirby
1992
Heartbeat
as Mrs. Andrews
1992
The Old Devils
as Dorothy Morgan
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Schultz
1992
Performance
as Mistress Quickly
1991
Soldier Soldier
as Mrs. Henwood
1991
Impromptu
as Baroness Laginsky
1991
Survival of the Fittest
as Eileen Blackett
1990
Jeeves and Wooster
as Aunt Agatha
1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
as May
1990
Screen One
as Eileen Blackett
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as Mrs. Trask
1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
as Madge Kendal
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
as Mrs. Leadbetter
1989
Simon and the Witch
as The Witch
1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as Tabby
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
as Eva Peterlee
1987
Watching
as Aunty Peggy
1987
The Devil's Disciple
as Mrs. Dudgeon
1987
Casualty
as Barbara Thomas
1986
Lovejoy
as Daphne Shotley
1986
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
as Evelyn Smith
1985
Time for Murder
as Evelyn Smith
1985
Theatre Night
as Mrs. Dudgeon
1985
Parker
as Mrs. Epps
1985
Sakharov
as Nobel Presenter
1984
Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs Mason
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
Our Winnie
as Cora
1982
Objects of Affection
as Cora
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
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Nan
1982
Bergerac
as Mary Lou Costain
1981
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva
1981
The Cause
as Olive James
1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
as Mrs Radcliffe
1981
Fothergill
as Middle Class Woman
1981
Richard's Things
as Mrs. Sells
1980
Cribb
as Mrs Gurney
1980
Fox
as Connie Fox
1980
Fox
as Connie Fox
1980
The Dybbuk
as Frade
1980
The Enigma
as Miss Parsons
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
as Aunt May
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
as Martha
1979