Elizabeth Spriggs
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).
Acted in
Is Anybody There?
2009
as Prudence
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007
as Herself
Jericho
2005
as Ellen Jericho
Love Soup
2005
as Penny's Mother (voice)
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
The Royal
2003
as Dolly Smith
Nice Guy Eddie
2002
as Vera McMullen
Shackleton
2002
as Janet Stancombe Wills
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as The Fat Lady
The Sleeper
2000
as Cath
For My Baby
2000
as Olga Jenikova
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
A Christmas Carol
1999
as Mrs Riggs
Wives and Daughters
1999
as Mrs. Goodenough
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Schultz
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Duchess
The Barber of Siberia
1998
as Perepiolkina
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Iris Rainbird
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Ursula Gooding
Paradise Road
1997
as Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent
1996
as Winnie's Mother
Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mrs. Jennings
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mrs. Gamp
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Grandma
Middlemarch
1994
as Mrs. Cadwallader
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Annabelle Andover
Class Act
1994
as Harriet Mainwaring
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre
1993
as Eileen Mason
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
as Inge Middleton
Heartbeat
1992
as Rene Kirby
Heartbeat
1992
as Mrs. Andrews
The Old Devils
1992
as Dorothy Morgan
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Schultz
Soldier Soldier
1991
as Mrs. Henwood
Impromptu
1991
as Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest
1990
as Eileen Blackett
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
as Aunt Agatha
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
as May
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Mrs. Trask
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Madge Kendal
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs. Leadbetter
Kind of Living
1988
Simon and the Witch
1987
as The Witch
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
as Tabby
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Eva Peterlee
Watching
1987
as Aunt Peggy
The Devil's Disciple
1987
as Mrs. Dudgeon
Casualty
1986
as Barbara Thomas
Lovejoy
1986
as Daphne Shotley
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985
as Evelyn Smith
Time for Murder
1985
as Evelyn Smith
Parker
1985
as Mrs. Epps
Sakharov
1984
as Nobel Presenter
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Mrs Mason
The Cold Room
1984
as Frau Hoffman
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
as School Mistress
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Mistress Quickly
Spider's Web
1982
as Mildred Peake
Our Winnie
1982
as Cora
Objects of Affection
1982
as Cora
Intensive Care
1982
as Alice Duckworth
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982
as Mrs. Palmer
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Miss Markland
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
Bergerac
1981
as Mary Lou Costain
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
as Lady Eva
The Cause
1981
as Olive James
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
as Mrs Radcliffe
Fothergill
1981
as Middle Class Woman
Richard's Things
1980
as Mrs. Sells
Fox
1980
as Connie Fox
Fox
1980
as Connie Fox
The Dybbuk
1980
as Frade
The Enigma
1980
as Miss Parsons
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Aunt May
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Martha
Julius Caesar
1979
as Calphurnia
Afternoon Off
1979
as Miss Beckinsale
BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
Able's Will
1977
as Sarah
Victorian Scandals
1976
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
as Sonia Marsden
The Glittering Prizes
1976
as Lady Frances Davidson
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975
Leeds United!
1974
as Maggie
Rust
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes
Black and Blue
1973
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
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Marcia
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
as Mrs Murray
The Expert
1968
as Mrs. Kyneston
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Widow
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Maud Lowder
Doctor Who
1963
as Maddy
Festival
1963
as Lampito