Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

1929-09-18 – 2008-07-02 (age 78) Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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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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Known For

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility

1995

as Mrs. Jennings

Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981

as Lady Eva

Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland

1999

as Duchess

The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982

as Mistress Quickly

Paradise Road
Paradise Road

1997

as Mrs. Roberts

The Barber of Siberia
The Barber of Siberia

1998

as Perepiolkina

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol

1999

as Mrs. Riggs

The Secret Agent
The Secret Agent

1996

as Winnie's Mother

The Hour of the Pig
The Hour of the Pig

1993

as Madame Langlois

Impromptu
Impromptu

1991

as Baroness Laginsky

Spider's Web
Spider's Web

1982

as Mildred Peake

The Snow Queen's Revenge
The Snow Queen's Revenge

1996

as Brenda (voice)

The Last Vampyre
The Last Vampyre

1993

as Eileen Mason

For My Baby
For My Baby

2000

as Olga Jenikova

The Sleeper
The Sleeper

2000

as Cath

Is Anybody There?
Is Anybody There?

2009

as Prudence

Sakharov
Sakharov

1984

as Nobel Presenter

The Cold Room
The Cold Room

1984

as Frau Hoffman