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).
2009
as Prudence
2007
as Herself
2005
as Ellen Jericho
2005
as Penny's Mother (voice)
2004
2003
as Dolly Smith
2002
as Vera McMullen
2002
as Janet Stancombe Wills
2001
as The Fat Lady
2000
as Cath
2000
as Olga Jenikova
2000
1999
as Mrs Riggs
1999
as Mrs. Goodenough
1999
as Schultz
1999
as Duchess
1998
as Perepiolkina
1997
as Iris Rainbird
1997
as Ursula Gooding
1997
as Mrs. Roberts
1996
as Winnie's Mother
1995
as Mrs. Jennings
1994
as Mrs. Gamp
1994
as Grandma
1994
as Mrs. Cadwallader
1994
as Annabelle Andover
1994
as Harriet Mainwaring
1993
as Madame Langlois
1993
as Eileen Mason
1992
as Inge Middleton
1992
as Rene Kirby
1992
as Mrs. Andrews
1992
as Dorothy Morgan
1992
as Schultz
1991
as Mrs. Henwood
1991
as Baroness Laginsky
1990
as Eileen Blackett
1990
as Aunt Agatha
1990
as May
1989
as Mrs. Trask
1989
as Madge Kendal
1989
as Mrs. Leadbetter
1988
1987
as The Witch
1987
as Tabby
1987
as Eva Peterlee
1987
as Aunt Peggy
1987
as Mrs. Dudgeon
1986
as Barbara Thomas
1986
as Daphne Shotley
1985
as Evelyn Smith
1985
as Evelyn Smith
1985
as Mrs. Epps
1984
as Nobel Presenter
1984
as Mrs Mason
1984
as Frau Hoffman
1983
as School Mistress
1982
as Mistress Quickly
1982
as Mildred Peake
1982
as Cora
1982
as Cora
1982
as Alice Duckworth
1982
as Mrs. Palmer
1982
as Miss Markland
1982
1981
as Mary Lou Costain
1981
as Lady Eva
1981
as Olive James
1981
as Mrs Radcliffe
1981
as Middle Class Woman
1980
as Mrs. Sells
1980
as Connie Fox
1980
as Connie Fox
1980
as Frade
1980
as Miss Parsons
1979
as Aunt May
1979
as Martha
1979
as Calphurnia
1979
as Miss Beckinsale
1978
1977
as Sarah
1976
1976
as Sonia Marsden
1976
as Lady Frances Davidson
1975
1974
as Maggie
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes
1973
1970
as Sonia Marsden
1970
as Olive James
1970
as Alice Duckworth
1970
as Maggie
1969
as Marcia
1968
as Mrs Murray
1968
as Mrs. Kyneston
1968
as Widow
1965
as Maud Lowder
1963
as Maddy
1963
as Lampito