Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting1929Buxton, 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
Acting History
2009
Is Anybody There?
as Prudence
2007
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
as Herself
2006
Midsomer Murders
TVas Iris Rainbird / Ursula Gooding• 1 eps
Agatha Christie's Poirot
TVas Mrs. Leadbetter• 1 eps
2003
The Royal
TVas Dolly Smith• 2 eps
2002
Shackleton
TVas Janet Stancombe Wills
Nice Guy Eddie
TVas Vera McMullen
2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as The Fat Lady
2000
1999
1998
The Barber of Siberia
as Perepiolkina
1997
Paradise Road
as Mrs. Roberts
1996
The Secret Agent
as Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Brenda (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Mrs. Trask• 1 eps
1995
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
Performance
TVas Mistress Quickly• 1 eps
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
as Annabelle Andover
Takin' Over the Asylum
TVas Grandma
Middlemarch
TVas Mrs. Cadwallader
Martin Chuzzlewit
TVas Mrs Gamp
1993
The Last Vampyre
as Eileen Mason
The Hour of the Pig
as Madame Langlois
Jeeves and Wooster
TVas Aunt Agatha• 2 eps
Lovejoy
TVas Daphne Shotley• 1 eps
Sherlock Holmes
TVas Mrs Mason• 1 eps
1992
The Old Devils
as Dorothy Morgan
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
TVas Eva Peterlee• 1 eps
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TVas Schultz• 1 eps
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
TVas Inge Middleton
1991
Impromptu
as Baroness Laginsky
Soldier Soldier
TVas Mrs. Henwood• 1 eps
1990
Survival of the Fittest
as Eileen Blackett
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
TVas May
1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
TVas Madge Kendal
1987
The Devil's Disciple
as Mrs. Dudgeon
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
as Tabby
Simon and the Witch
TVas The Witch
Watching
TVas Aunty Peggy
1986
Casualty
TVas Barbara Thomas
1985
Parker
as Mrs. Epps
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
as Evelyn Smith
Bergerac
TVas Mary Lou Costain• 1 eps
Theatre Night
TVas Mrs. Dudgeon
Time for Murder
TVas Evelyn Smith
1984
Sakharov
as Nobel Presenter
The Cold Room
as Frau Hoffman
1983
Those Glory Glory Days
as School Mistress
1982
Spider's Web
as Mildred Peake
Our Winnie
as Cora
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Quickly
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Miss Markland
Intensive Care
as Alice Duckworth
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
as Mrs. Palmer
Shine on Harvey Moon
TVas Nan
Objects of Affection
TVas Cora
1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
as Mrs Radcliffe
The Cause
as Olive James
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva
Fothergill
as Middle Class Woman
Playhouse
TVas Miss Parsons / Mrs. Radcliffe / Middle-Class Woman• 1 eps
1980
The Dybbuk
as Frade
Fox
as Connie Fox
Richard's Things
as Mrs. Sells
The Enigma
as Miss Parsons
Fox
TVas Connie Fox• 13 eps
Tales of the Unexpected
TVas Martha• 1 eps
1979
Afternoon Off
as Miss Beckinsale
Julius Caesar
as Calphurnia
BBC Play of the Month
TVas Maud Lowder• 1 eps
1977
Able's Will
as Sarah
BBC2 Play of the Week
TVas Sarah• 1 eps
1976
Love Letters on Blue Paper
as Sonia Marsden
The Expert
TVas Mrs. Kyneston• 1 eps
The Glittering Prizes
TVas Lady Frances Davidson• 1 eps
Victorian Scandals
TVas Hannah Cullwick
1974
Leeds United!
as Maggie
Play for Today
TVas Maggie• 1 eps
1973
Rust
as Eleanor Hawkes
Black and Blue
TVas Eleanor Hawkes
1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Marcia
1968
1964
Festival
TVas Lampito• 1 eps
1963
Doctor Who
TVas Maddy