Elizabeth Spriggs

Actress

Born: September 18, 1929 (78 years old)

Died: July 2, 2008

Place of birth: Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

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).

Filmography (46)

• Sense and Sensibility (1995, ★ 7.4)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001, ★ 7.9)
• Spider's Web (1982, ★ 7.3)
• Jeeves and Wooster (1990, ★ 8.1)
• Tales from the Crypt (1989, ★ 8)
• Takin' Over the Asylum (1994, ★ 8.3)
• Sherlock Holmes (1984, ★ 8.2)
• Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989, ★ 8.2)
• Love Soup (2005, ★ 8.3)
• Watching (1987, ★ 8)
• The Last Vampyre (1993, ★ 6.8)
• A Christmas Carol (1999, ★ 7)
• Doctor Who (1963, ★ 7.9)
• Lovejoy (1986, ★ 7.3)
• Jericho (2005, ★ 6.8)
• Shine on Harvey Moon (1982, ★ 7.6)
• The Royal (2003, ★ 7.6)
• Middlemarch (1994, ★ 7.9)
• Bergerac (1981, ★ 6.7)
• Tales of the Unexpected (1979, ★ 6.7)
• Midsomer Murders (1997, ★ 7.5)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992, ★ 6.5)
• Heartbeat (1992, ★ 7.1)
• Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990, ★ 6.5)
• Soldier Soldier (1991, ★ 6.6)
• Shackleton (2002, ★ 7.1)
• Wives and Daughters (1999, ★ 7.3)
• The Secret Agent (1996, ★ 5.5)
• Alice in Wonderland (1999, ★ 6.2)
• Paradise Road (1997, ★ 6.4)