Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

Known for
Acting
Born
September 18, 1929
Died
July 2, 2008 (aged 78)
Birthplace
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).

Known For

Filmography

2009
Is Anybody There? poster

Is Anybody There?

Movie · as Prudence

2007
James Ellis: An Actor's Life poster

James Ellis: An Actor's Life

Movie · as Herself

2005
Jericho poster

Jericho

TV · as Ellen Jericho · 1 ep

2005
Love Soup poster

Love Soup

TV · as Penny's Mother (voice) · 1 ep

2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls poster

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

Movie

2003
The Royal poster

The Royal

TV · as Dolly Smith · 2 eps

2002
Nice Guy Eddie

Nice Guy Eddie

TV · as Vera McMullen · 6 eps

2002
Shackleton poster

Shackleton

TV · as Janet Stancombe Wills · 1 ep

2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone poster

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Movie · as The Fat Lady

2000
For My Baby poster

For My Baby

Movie · as Olga Jenikova

2000
The Sleeper poster

The Sleeper

Movie · as Cath

2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV · 1 ep

1999
Alice in Wonderland poster

Alice in Wonderland

Movie · as Duchess

1999
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Mrs. Riggs

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

Movie · as Schultz

1999
Wives and Daughters poster

Wives and Daughters

TV · as Mrs Goodenough · 3 eps

1998
The Barber of Siberia poster

The Barber of Siberia

Movie · as Perepiolkina

1997
Paradise Road poster

Paradise Road

Movie · as Mrs. Roberts

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Iris Rainbird, Ursula Gooding · 1 ep

1996
The Secret Agent poster

The Secret Agent

Movie · as Winnie's Mother

1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge poster

The Snow Queen's Revenge

Movie · as Brenda (voice)

1995
Sense and Sensibility poster

Sense and Sensibility

Movie · as Mrs. Jennings

1994
A Pinch of Snuff poster

A Pinch of Snuff

Movie · as Annabelle Andover

1994
Takin' Over the Asylum poster

Takin' Over the Asylum

TV · as Grandma · 6 eps

1994
Middlemarch poster

Middlemarch

TV · as Mrs. Cadwallader · 6 eps

1994
Martin Chuzzlewit poster

Martin Chuzzlewit

TV · as Mrs Gamp · 3 eps

1993
The Last Vampyre poster

The Last Vampyre

Movie · as Eileen Mason

1993
The Hour of the Pig poster

The Hour of the Pig

Movie · as Madame Langlois

1992
The Old Devils poster

The Old Devils

Movie · as Dorothy Morgan

1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles poster

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

TV · as Schultz · 1 ep

1992
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

TV · as Rene Kirby, Mrs. Andrews · 1 ep

1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes poster

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

TV · as Inge Middleton · 3 eps

1991
Impromptu poster

Impromptu

Movie · as Baroness Laginsky

1991
Soldier Soldier poster

Soldier Soldier

TV · as Mrs. Henwood · 1 ep

1991
Performance poster

Performance

TV · as Mistress Quickly · 1 ep

1990
Survival of the Fittest poster

Survival of the Fittest

Movie · as Eileen Blackett

1990
Jeeves and Wooster poster

Jeeves and Wooster

TV · as Aunt Agatha · 2 eps

1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit poster

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

TV · as May · 3 eps

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Mrs. Trask · 1 ep

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot

TV · as Mrs. Leadbetter · 1 ep

1989
Young Charlie Chaplin poster

Young Charlie Chaplin

TV · as Madge Kendal · 1 ep

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Eileen Blackett · 1 ep

1987
The Devil's Disciple poster

The Devil's Disciple

Movie · as Mrs. Dudgeon

1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers poster

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Movie · as Tabby

1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

TV · as Eva Peterlee · 1 ep

1987
Simon and the Witch poster

Simon and the Witch

TV · as The Witch · 25 eps

1987
Watching poster

Watching

TV · as Aunty Peggy · 5 eps

1986
Lovejoy poster

Lovejoy

TV · as Daphne Shotley · 1 ep

1986
Casualty poster

Casualty

TV · as Barbara Thomas · 1 ep

1985
Parker poster

Parker

Movie · as Mrs. Epps

1985
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

Movie · as Evelyn Smith

1985
Theatre Night poster

Theatre Night

TV · as Mrs. Dudgeon · 1 ep

1985
Time for Murder poster

Time for Murder

TV · as Evelyn Smith · 1 ep

1984
Sakharov poster

Sakharov

Movie · as Nobel Presenter

1984
The Cold Room poster

The Cold Room

Movie · as Frau Hoffman

1984
Sherlock Holmes poster

Sherlock Holmes

TV · as Mrs Mason · 1 ep

1983
Those Glory Glory Days poster

Those Glory Glory Days

Movie · as School Mistress

1982
Intensive Care poster

Intensive Care

Movie · as Alice Duckworth

1982
Spider's Web poster

Spider's Web

Movie · as Mildred Peake

1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman poster

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Movie · as Miss Markland

1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor poster

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Movie · as Mistress Quickly

1982
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer poster

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

Movie · as Mrs. Palmer

1982
Our Winnie poster

Our Winnie

Movie · as Cora

1982
Shine on Harvey Moon poster

Shine on Harvey Moon

TV · as Nan · 41 eps

1982
Objects of Affection poster

Objects of Affection

TV · as Cora · 1 ep

1981
Lady Chatterley's Lover poster

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Movie · as Lady Eva

1981
The Cause poster

The Cause

Movie · as Olive James

1981
Fothergill poster

Fothergill

Movie · as Middle Class Woman

1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe poster

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

Movie · as Mrs Radcliffe

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Mary Lou Costain · 1 ep

1980
The Dybbuk poster

The Dybbuk

Movie · as Frade

1980
Richard's Things poster

Richard's Things

Movie · as Mrs. Sells

1980
Fox

Fox

Movie · as Connie Fox

1980
The Enigma poster

The Enigma

Movie · as Miss Parsons

1980
Fox poster

Fox

TV · as Connie Fox · 13 eps

1980
Cribb poster

Cribb

TV · as Mrs Gurney · 1 ep

1980
We, the Accused

We, the Accused

TV · as Eleanor Presset · 2 eps

1979
Julius Caesar poster

Julius Caesar

Movie · as Calphurnia

1979
Afternoon Off poster

Afternoon Off

Movie · as Miss Beckinsale

1979
Tales of the Unexpected poster

Tales of the Unexpected

TV · as Aunt May, Martha · 1 ep

1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare poster

The BBC Television Shakespeare

TV · as Mistress Quickly · 1 ep

1977
Able's Will poster

Able's Will

Movie · as Sarah

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Sarah · 1 ep

1976
Love Letters on Blue Paper poster

Love Letters on Blue Paper

Movie · as Sonia Marsden

1976
Victorian Scandals poster

Victorian Scandals

TV · as Hannah Cullwick · 1 ep

1975
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

TV · 6 eps

1974
Leeds United! poster

Leeds United!

Movie · as Maggie

1974
Playhouse poster

Playhouse

TV · as Miss Parsons, Middle-Class Woman, Mrs. Radcliffe · 1 ep

1974
Village Hall poster

Village Hall

TV · as Maggie Snape · 1 ep

1973
Rust

Rust

Movie · as Eleanor Hawkes

1973
Black and Blue

Black and Blue

TV · as Eleanor Hawkes · 1 ep

1973
Second City Firsts

Second City Firsts

TV · as Zena Pool · 1 ep

1970
Play for Today poster

Play for Today

TV · as Sonia Marsden, Olive James, Maggie, Alice Duckworth · 1 ep

1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go poster

3 Into 2 Won't Go

Movie · as Marcia

1968
All's Well That Ends Well

All's Well That Ends Well

Movie · as Widow

1968
Work Is a 4-Letter Word poster

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

Movie · as Mrs Murray

1968
The Expert poster

The Expert

TV · as Mrs. Kyneston · 1 ep

1965
BBC Play of the Month poster

BBC Play of the Month

TV · as Maud Lowder · 1 ep

1964
Theatre 625 poster

Theatre 625

TV · 1 ep

1963
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Maddy, Tabby

1963
Festival

Festival

TV · as Lampito · 1 ep