Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
Born: September 18, 1929 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died: July 2, 2008 (aged 78)
Highest Rated
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).
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Doctor Who
1963
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Midsomer Murders
1997
Sherlock Holmes
1984
A Christmas Carol
1999
The Barber of Siberia
1998
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
Photos (1)
Movies (45)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
Alice in Wonderland
Duchess
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Eva
A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Riggs
Impromptu
Baroness Laginsky
Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Schultz
The Secret Agent
Winnie's Mother
The Barber of Siberia
Perepiolkina
Julius Caesar
Calphurnia
The Hour of the Pig
Madame Langlois
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Tabby
The Last Vampyre
Eileen Mason
Our Winnie
Cora
Richard's Things
Mrs. Sells
Spider's Web
Mildred Peake
Is Anybody There?
Prudence
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Quickly
For My Baby
Olga Jenikova
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
The Devil's Disciple
Mrs. Dudgeon
The Cold Room
Frau Hoffman
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Brenda (voice)
Those Glory Glory Days
School Mistress
Able's Will
Sarah
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Marcia
Afternoon Off
Miss Beckinsale
The Sleeper
Cath
Intensive Care
Alice Duckworth
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland
Parker
Mrs. Epps
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Mrs Murray
The Cause
Olive James
Leeds United!
Maggie
A Pinch of Snuff
Annabelle Andover
Sakharov
Nobel Presenter
The Old Devils
Dorothy Morgan
The Enigma
Miss Parsons
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Mrs. Palmer
Survival of the Fittest
Eileen Blackett
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Sonia Marsden
Fothergill
Middle Class Woman
The Dybbuk
Frade
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Mrs Radcliffe
TV Shows (52)
Midsomer Murders
Iris Rainbird · 1 eps
Midsomer Murders
Ursula Gooding · 1 eps
Play for Today
Sonia Marsden · 1 eps
Play for Today
Olive James · 1 eps
Play for Today
Alice Duckworth · 1 eps
Play for Today
Maggie · 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Leadbetter · 1 eps
Casualty
Barbara Thomas · 1 eps
Doctor Who
Maddy
Doctor Who
Tabby · 3 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Maud Lowder · 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
Mrs Mason · 1 eps
Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Trask · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Rene Kirby · 1 eps
Heartbeat
Mrs. Andrews · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Aunt May · 1 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
Martha · 1 eps
Bergerac
Mary Lou Costain · 1 eps
Performance
Mistress Quickly · 1 eps
Playhouse
Miss Parsons · 1 eps
Playhouse
Middle-Class Woman · 1 eps
Playhouse
Mrs. Radcliffe · 1 eps
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Mistress Quickly · 1 eps
Theatre 625
1 eps
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Eva Peterlee · 1 eps
Soldier Soldier
Mrs. Henwood · 1 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Schultz · 1 eps
Screen One
Eileen Blackett · 1 eps
Lovejoy
Daphne Shotley · 1 eps
Jeeves and Wooster
Aunt Agatha · 2 eps
BBC2 Play of the Week
Sarah · 1 eps
Watching
Aunty Peggy · 5 eps
Shine on Harvey Moon
Nan · 41 eps
The Expert
Mrs. Kyneston · 1 eps
Wives and Daughters
Mrs Goodenough · 3 eps
Cribb
Mrs Gurney · 1 eps
Middlemarch
Mrs. Cadwallader · 6 eps
Takin' Over the Asylum
Grandma · 6 eps
Love Soup
Penny's Mother (voice) · 1 eps
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
May · 3 eps
Shackleton
Janet Stancombe Wills · 1 eps
Time for Murder
Evelyn Smith · 1 eps
Theatre Night
Mrs. Dudgeon · 1 eps
Fox
Connie Fox · 13 eps
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mrs Gamp · 3 eps
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Inge Middleton · 3 eps
Jericho
Ellen Jericho · 1 eps
Victorian Scandals
Hannah Cullwick · 1 eps
Young Charlie Chaplin
Madge Kendal · 1 eps
Objects of Affection
Cora · 1 eps
Simon and the Witch
The Witch · 25 eps
The Royal
Dolly Smith · 2 eps
