Elizabeth Spriggs
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 18, 1929
- Died
- July 2, 2008
- Birthplace
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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).
Filmography
Is Anybody There? 2009
as Prudence
James Ellis: An Actor's Life 2007
as Herself
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls 2004
Actor
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 2001
as The Fat Lady
The Sleeper 2000
as Cath
For My Baby 2000
as Olga Jenikova
A Christmas Carol 1999
as Mrs. Riggs
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
Paradise Road 1997
as Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent 1996
as Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge 1996
as Brenda (voice)
Sense and Sensibility 1995
as Mrs. Jennings
A Pinch of Snuff 1994
as Annabelle Andover
The Hour of the Pig 1993
as Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre 1993
as Eileen Mason
The Old Devils 1992
as Dorothy Morgan
Impromptu 1991
as Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest 1990
as Eileen Blackett
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers 1987
as Tabby
The Devil's Disciple 1987
as Mrs. Dudgeon
- The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas 1985
as Evelyn Smith
Parker 1985
as Mrs. Epps
Sakharov 1984
as Nobel Presenter
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
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
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
Fox 1980
as Connie Fox
The Dybbuk 1980
as Frade
The Enigma 1980
as Miss Parsons
Julius Caesar 1979
as Calphurnia
Afternoon Off 1979
as Miss Beckinsale
Able's Will 1977
as Sarah
Love Letters on Blue Paper 1976
as Sonia Marsden
Leeds United! 1974
as Maggie
- Rust
Rust 1973
as Eleanor Hawkes
3 Into 2 Won't Go 1969
as Marcia
Work Is a 4-Letter Word 1968
as Mrs Murray
- All's Well That Ends Well
All's Well That Ends Well 1968
as Widow
Credits from TMDB.