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
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · TV
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · TV
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · TV
Doctor Who
1963 · TV
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · TV
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994 · TV
Love Soup
2005 · TV
Middlemarch
1994 · TV
Midsomer Murders
1997 · TV
Watching
1987 · TV
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994 · TV
The Royal
2003 · TV
The Expert
1968 · TV
Lovejoy
1986 · TV
Cribb
1980 · TV
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982 · TV
Victorian Scandals
1976 · TV
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989 · TV
Objects of Affection
1982 · TV
Wives and Daughters
1999 · TV
Jericho
2005 · TV
Theatre Night
1985 · TV
Playhouse
1974 · TV
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · TV
Theatre 625
1964 · TV
Screen One
1989 · TV
Performance
1991 · TV
Heartbeat
1992 · TV
Shackleton
2002 · TV
Fox
1980 · TV
Time for Murder
1985 · TV
Simon and the Witch
1987 · TV
Soldier Soldier
1991 · TV
Play for Today
1970 · TV
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · TV
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · TV
Bergerac
1981 · TV
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992 · TV
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · TV
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990 · TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · TV
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · TV
Casualty
1986 · TV