
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

Is Anybody There?
Movie · as Prudence

James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Movie · as Herself

Jericho
TV · as Ellen Jericho · 1 ep

Love Soup
TV · as Penny's Mother (voice) · 1 ep

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Movie

The Royal
TV · as Dolly Smith · 2 eps
Nice Guy Eddie
TV · as Vera McMullen · 6 eps

Shackleton
TV · as Janet Stancombe Wills · 1 ep

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Movie · as The Fat Lady

For My Baby
Movie · as Olga Jenikova

The Sleeper
Movie · as Cath
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
TV · 1 ep

Alice in Wonderland
Movie · as Duchess

A Christmas Carol
Movie · as Mrs. Riggs

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Movie · as Schultz

Wives and Daughters
TV · as Mrs Goodenough · 3 eps

The Barber of Siberia
Movie · as Perepiolkina

Paradise Road
Movie · as Mrs. Roberts

Midsomer Murders
TV · as Iris Rainbird, Ursula Gooding · 1 ep

The Secret Agent
Movie · as Winnie's Mother

The Snow Queen's Revenge
Movie · as Brenda (voice)

Sense and Sensibility
Movie · as Mrs. Jennings

A Pinch of Snuff
Movie · as Annabelle Andover

Takin' Over the Asylum
TV · as Grandma · 6 eps

Middlemarch
TV · as Mrs. Cadwallader · 6 eps

Martin Chuzzlewit
TV · as Mrs Gamp · 3 eps

The Last Vampyre
Movie · as Eileen Mason

The Hour of the Pig
Movie · as Madame Langlois

The Old Devils
Movie · as Dorothy Morgan

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV · as Schultz · 1 ep

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

Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TV · as Inge Middleton · 3 eps

Impromptu
Movie · as Baroness Laginsky

Soldier Soldier
TV · as Mrs. Henwood · 1 ep

Performance
TV · as Mistress Quickly · 1 ep

Survival of the Fittest
Movie · as Eileen Blackett

Jeeves and Wooster
TV · as Aunt Agatha · 2 eps

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
TV · as May · 3 eps

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Mrs. Trask · 1 ep

Agatha Christie's Poirot
TV · as Mrs. Leadbetter · 1 ep

Young Charlie Chaplin
TV · as Madge Kendal · 1 ep

Screen One
TV · as Eileen Blackett · 1 ep

The Devil's Disciple
Movie · as Mrs. Dudgeon

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Movie · as Tabby

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TV · as Eva Peterlee · 1 ep

Simon and the Witch
TV · as The Witch · 25 eps

Watching
TV · as Aunty Peggy · 5 eps

Lovejoy
TV · as Daphne Shotley · 1 ep

Casualty
TV · as Barbara Thomas · 1 ep

Parker
Movie · as Mrs. Epps
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
Movie · as Evelyn Smith

Theatre Night
TV · as Mrs. Dudgeon · 1 ep

Time for Murder
TV · as Evelyn Smith · 1 ep

Sakharov
Movie · as Nobel Presenter

The Cold Room
Movie · as Frau Hoffman

Sherlock Holmes
TV · as Mrs Mason · 1 ep

Those Glory Glory Days
Movie · as School Mistress

Intensive Care
Movie · as Alice Duckworth

Spider's Web
Movie · as Mildred Peake

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Movie · as Miss Markland

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Movie · as Mistress Quickly

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Movie · as Mrs. Palmer

Our Winnie
Movie · as Cora

Shine on Harvey Moon
TV · as Nan · 41 eps

Objects of Affection
TV · as Cora · 1 ep

Lady Chatterley's Lover
Movie · as Lady Eva

The Cause
Movie · as Olive James

Fothergill
Movie · as Middle Class Woman

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Movie · as Mrs Radcliffe

Bergerac
TV · as Mary Lou Costain · 1 ep

The Dybbuk
Movie · as Frade

Richard's Things
Movie · as Mrs. Sells
Fox
Movie · as Connie Fox

The Enigma
Movie · as Miss Parsons

Fox
TV · as Connie Fox · 13 eps

Cribb
TV · as Mrs Gurney · 1 ep
We, the Accused
TV · as Eleanor Presset · 2 eps

Julius Caesar
Movie · as Calphurnia

Afternoon Off
Movie · as Miss Beckinsale

Tales of the Unexpected
TV · as Aunt May, Martha · 1 ep

The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV · as Mistress Quickly · 1 ep

Able's Will
Movie · as Sarah

BBC2 Play of the Week
TV · as Sarah · 1 ep

Love Letters on Blue Paper
Movie · as Sonia Marsden

Victorian Scandals
TV · as Hannah Cullwick · 1 ep
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
TV · 6 eps

Leeds United!
Movie · as Maggie

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

Village Hall
TV · as Maggie Snape · 1 ep
Rust
Movie · as Eleanor Hawkes
Black and Blue
TV · as Eleanor Hawkes · 1 ep
Second City Firsts
TV · as Zena Pool · 1 ep

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

3 Into 2 Won't Go
Movie · as Marcia
All's Well That Ends Well
Movie · as Widow

Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Movie · as Mrs Murray

The Expert
TV · as Mrs. Kyneston · 1 ep

BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Maud Lowder · 1 ep

Theatre 625
TV · 1 ep

Doctor Who
TV · as Maddy, Tabby
Festival
TV · as Lampito · 1 ep