Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
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).
Known for
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982 · TV
Simon and the Witch
1987 · TV
Fox
1980 · TV
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994 · TV
Middlemarch
1994 · TV
Watching
1987 · TV
Doctor Who
1963 · TV
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994 · TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
Wives and Daughters
1999 · TV
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990 · TV
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992 · TV
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · TV
The Royal
2003 · TV
Casualty
1986 · TV
Play for Today
1970 · TV
Heartbeat
1992 · TV
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · TV
Playhouse
1974 · TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV
Theatre 625
1964 · TV
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV
The Expert
1968 · TV
Bergerac
1981 · TV
Victorian Scandals
1976 · TV
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989 · TV
Soldier Soldier
1991 · TV
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · TV
Lovejoy
1986 · TV
Love Soup
2005 · TV
Performance
1991 · TV
Cribb
1980 · TV
Objects of Affection
1982 · TV
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · TV
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · TV
Jericho
2005 · TV
Shackleton
2002 · TV
Time for Murder
1985 · TV
Theatre Night
1985 · TV