
Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting • Born 1929-09-18 – Died 2008-07-02
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).
Filmography
104 credits
Sakharov
Movie • 1984
Nobel Presenter

The Dybbuk
Movie • 1980
Frade

Survival of the Fittest
Movie • 1990
Eileen Blackett

The Secret Agent
Movie • 1996
Winnie's Mother

For My Baby
Movie • 2000
Olga Jenikova

3 Into 2 Won't Go
Movie • 1969
Marcia

Julius Caesar
Movie • 1979
Calphurnia

The Barber of Siberia
Movie • 1998
Perepiolkina

Sense and Sensibility
Movie • 1995
Mrs. Jennings

Leeds United!
Movie • 1974
Maggie

The Last Vampyre
Movie • 1993
Eileen Mason

Intensive Care
Movie • 1982
Alice Duckworth

Afternoon Off
Movie • 1979
Miss Beckinsale

Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1999
Duchess

Paradise Road
Movie • 1997
Mrs. Roberts

Richard's Things
Movie • 1980
Mrs. Sells

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Movie • 2004

Rust
Movie • 1973
Eleanor Hawkes

Lady Chatterley's Lover
Movie • 1981
Lady Eva

All's Well That Ends Well
Movie • 1968
Widow

Fox
Movie • 1980
Connie Fox

Is Anybody There?
Movie • 2009
Prudence

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie • 2001
The Fat Lady

Those Glory Glory Days
Movie • 1983
School Mistress

Spider's Web
Movie • 1982
Mildred Peake

A Christmas Carol
Movie • 1999
Mrs. Riggs

Parker
Movie • 1985
Mrs. Epps

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
Movie • 1985
Evelyn Smith

Impromptu
Movie • 1991
Baroness Laginsky

The Hour of the Pig
Movie • 1993
Madame Langlois

Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Movie • 1968
Mrs Murray

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Movie • 1982
Miss Markland

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Movie • 1999
Schultz

A Pinch of Snuff
Movie • 1994
Annabelle Andover

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Movie • 1982
Mistress Quickly

The Devil's Disciple
Movie • 1987
Mrs. Dudgeon

James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Movie • 2007
Herself

The Sleeper
Movie • 2000
Cath

Love Letters on Blue Paper
Movie • 1976
Sonia Marsden

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Movie • 1982
Mrs. Palmer

The Cause
Movie • 1981
Olive James

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Movie • 1987
Tabby

The Cold Room
Movie • 1984
Frau Hoffman

The Old Devils
Movie • 1992
Dorothy Morgan

Our Winnie
Movie • 1982
Cora

The Enigma
Movie • 1980
Miss Parsons

Fothergill
Movie • 1981
Middle Class Woman

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Movie • 1981
Mrs Radcliffe

Able's Will
Movie • 1977
Sarah

The Snow Queen's Revenge
Movie • 1996
Brenda (voice)

Jeeves and Wooster
TV • 1990
Aunt Agatha

Bergerac
TV • 1981
Mary Lou Costain

Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Maddy

Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Mrs. Trask

Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Aunt May

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV • 1992
Schultz

Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Rene Kirby

Takin' Over the Asylum
TV • 1994
Grandma

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV • 2000

Sherlock Holmes
TV • 1984
Mrs Mason

Lovejoy
TV • 1986
Daphne Shotley

Fox
TV • 1980
Connie Fox

Jericho
TV • 2005
Ellen Jericho

Shine on Harvey Moon
TV • 1982
Nan

The Expert
TV • 1968
Mrs. Kyneston

Play for Today
TV • 1970
Sonia Marsden

Festival
TV • 1963
Lampito

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
TV • 1975

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV • 1989
Mrs. Leadbetter

Nice Guy Eddie
TV • 2002
Vera McMullen

Young Charlie Chaplin
TV • 1989
Madge Kendal

Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TV • 1992
Inge Middleton

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV • 1987
Eva Peterlee

Love Soup
TV • 2005
Penny's Mother (voice)

The Royal
TV • 2003
Dolly Smith

Simon and the Witch
TV • 1987
The Witch

Casualty
TV • 1986
Barbara Thomas

Middlemarch
TV • 1994
Mrs. Cadwallader

Wives and Daughters
TV • 1999
Mrs. Goodenough

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
TV • 1990
May

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Iris Rainbird

Time for Murder
TV • 1985
Evelyn Smith

Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Mrs. Andrews

Soldier Soldier
TV • 1991
Mrs. Henwood

Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Ursula Gooding

Objects of Affection
TV • 1982
Cora

Play for Today
TV • 1970
Olive James

Play for Today
TV • 1970
Alice Duckworth

Play for Today
TV • 1970
Maggie

Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Martha

Watching
TV • 1987
Aunty Peggy

Shackleton
TV • 2002
Janet Stancombe Wills

Performance
TV • 1991
Mistress Quickly

Playhouse
TV • 1974
Miss Parsons

Playhouse
TV • 1974
Middle-Class Woman

Playhouse
TV • 1974
Mrs. Radcliffe

BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Maud Lowder

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Sarah

Black and Blue
TV • 1973
Eleanor Hawkes

Theatre 625
TV • 1964

Theatre Night
TV • 1985
Mrs. Dudgeon

Young Charlie Chaplin
TV • 1989

Victorian Scandals
TV • 1976
Hannah Cullwick

Martin Chuzzlewit
TV • 1994
Mrs Gamp