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Elizabeth Spriggs
Actor, Additional Credits
Died July 2, 2008 (78 years)
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).
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
| 2022 | Midsomer Murders - 25 Years of Mayhem · as Iris Rainbird |
| 2008 | Is Anybody There? · as Prudence |
| 2005 | Jericho (2005) (TV Series) · as Ellen Jericho |
| 2005 | Love Soup (TV Series) · as Penny's Mother (voice) |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | Swiss Toni (TV Series) · as Swiss Toni's Mother |
| 2003 | The Royal (TV Series) · as Dolly Smith |
| 2002 | Shackleton (TV Series) · as Janet Stancombe Wills |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone · as The Fat Lady |
| 2001 | Victoria & Albert (TV Series) · as Actress In 'the Rivals' |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000) (TV Series) |
| 1999 | |
| 1999 | A Christmas Carol · as Mrs Riggs |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters (TV Series) · as Mrs. Goodenough |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland · as Duchess |
| 1998 | The Barber of Siberia · as Perepiolkina |
| 1998 | Playing the Field (TV Series) · as Mrs Mullen |
| 1997 | For My Baby · as Olga Jenikova |
| 1997 | Paradise Road · as Mrs. Roberts |
| 1997 | Where the Heart Is (TV Series) · as Maureen |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Iris Rainbird |
| 1996 | The Secret Agent · as Winnie's Mother |
| 1996 | The Snow Queen's Revenge · as Brenda |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility · as Mrs. Jennings |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gamp |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum (TV Series) · as Grandma |
| 1994 | Class Act (TV Series) · as Harriet Mainwaring |
| 1994 | Middlemarch (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cadwallader |
| 1993 | The Advocate · as Madame Langlois |
| 1993 | The Last Vampyre · as Eileen Mason |
| 1992 | The Tomorrow People (1992) (TV Series) · as Milicent Rutherford |
| 1992 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV Series) · as Inge Middleton |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Old Devils (TV Series) · as Dorothy Morgan |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Schultz |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Mistress Quickly |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier (TV Series) · as Mrs. Henwood |
| 1991 | Impromptu · as Baroness Laginsky |
| 1991 | The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (TV Series) · as Mrs Mason |
| 1990 | The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (TV Series) · as Lady Lacklander |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) · as Aunt Agatha |
| 1989 | Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (TV Series) · as May |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Mrs. Trask |
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin (TV Series) · as Madge Kendal |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Mrs. Leadbetter |
| 1987 | Simon and the Witch (TV Series) · as The Witch |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Eva Peterlee |
| 1987 | Watching (TV Series) · as Aunt Peggy |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Barbara Thomas |
| 1986 | Boon (TV Series) · as Mrs. Whitfield |
| 1986 | Lovejoy (TV Series) · as Daphne Shotley |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Eileen Blackett |
| 1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Mrs. Dudgeon |
| 1985 | Going Undercover · as Mrs. Van Der Reuter |
| 1984 | Bones · as Mrs. Epps |
| 1984 | Sakharov · as Nobel Presenter |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as Mrs Mason |
| 1984 | The Cold Room · as Frau Hoffman |
| 1984 | Strangers and Brothers (TV Series) · as Lady Muriel Royce |
| 1983 | Those Glory Glory Days · as School Mistress |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor · as Mistress Quickly |
| 1982 | Spider's Web · as Mildred Peake |
| 1982 | An Unsuitable Job for a Woman · as Miss Markland |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon (TV Series) |
| 1982 | Haunting of Cassie Palmer (TV Series) · as Mrs. Palmer |
| 1981 | Bergerac (TV Series) · as Mary Lou Costain |
| 1981 | Lady Chatterley's Lover · as Lady Eva |
| 1981 | Bognor (TV Series) · as Alisa Potts |
| 1980 | Richard's Things · as Mrs. Sells |
| 1980 | Cribb (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gurney |
| 1980 | Fox (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Martha |
| 1979 | Julius Caesar · as Calphurnia |
| 1979 | Afternoon Off · as Miss Beckinsale |
| 1978 | BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) |
| 1976 | The Glittering Prizes (TV Series) · as Lady Frances Davidson |
| 1975 | Lucky Feller (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mepstead |
| 1974 | Leeds United! · as Maggie |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Middle-Class Woman |
| 1973 | Second City Firsts (TV Series) · as Zena Pool |
| 1973 | Black and Blue (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Janet Godfrey |
| 1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Three Into Two Won't Go · as Marcia |
| 1968 | Work Is a Four Letter Word · as Mrs Murray |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Mother |
| 1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Maud Lowder |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Maddy |