Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting Born Sep 18, 1929 Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK 24 credits
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).
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Full filmography
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Iris Rainbird
- Midsomer Murders (1997) as Ursula Gooding
- Casualty (1986) as Barbara Thomas
- Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) as Mrs. Leadbetter
- Play for Today (1970) as Sonia Marsden
- Play for Today (1970) as Olive James
- Play for Today (1970) as Alice Duckworth
- Play for Today (1970) as Maggie
- Doctor Who (1963) as Maddy
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) as The Fat Lady
- Heartbeat (1992) as Rene Kirby
- Heartbeat (1992) as Mrs. Andrews
- Sherlock Holmes (1984) as Mrs Mason
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Aunt May
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979) as Martha
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Mrs. Trask
- Bergerac (1981) as Mary Lou Costain
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as Maud Lowder
- Playhouse (1974) as Miss Parsons
- Playhouse (1974) as Middle-Class Woman
- Playhouse (1974) as Mrs. Radcliffe
- Jeeves and Wooster (1990) as Aunt Agatha
- Soldier Soldier (1991) as Mrs. Henwood
- Theatre 625 (1964)