About

Known credits:
63
Birthday:
1929-09-18
Place of birth:
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Website:
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Elizabeth Spriggs

Overview

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
2009 Is Anybody There? Actor Prudence 59
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2007 James Ellis: An Actor's Life Actor Herself N/A
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2004 The Queen of Sheba's Pearls Actor 59
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2002 Nice Guy Eddie Actor Vera McMullen N/A
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2002 Shackleton Actor Janet Stancombe Wills 69
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2001 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Actor The Fat Lady 78
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2000 The Sleeper Actor Cath 58
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2000 For My Baby Actor Olga Jenikova 59
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1999 A Christmas Carol Actor Mrs Riggs 61
Fair
1999 Wives and Daughters Actor Mrs. Goodenough 70
Good
1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service Actor Schultz 58
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1999 Alice in Wonderland Actor Duchess 60
Fair
1998 The Barber of Siberia Actor Perepiolkina 61
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1997 Paradise Road Actor Mrs. Roberts 59
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1996 The Secret Agent Actor Winnie's Mother 58
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1995 Sense and Sensibility Actor Mrs. Jennings 70
Good
1994 Martin Chuzzlewit Actor Mrs. Gamp N/A
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1994 Takin' Over the Asylum Actor Grandma 71
Good
1994 Middlemarch Actor Mrs. Cadwallader 72
Good
1994 A Pinch of Snuff Actor Annabelle Andover N/A
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1993 The Hour of the Pig Actor Madame Langlois 59
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1993 The Last Vampyre Actor Eileen Mason 59
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1992 Anglo Saxon Attitudes Actor Inge Middleton 69
Fair
1992 The Old Devils Actor Dorothy Morgan N/A
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1991 Impromptu Actor Baroness Laginsky 59
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1990 Survival of the Fittest Actor Eileen Blackett N/A
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1990 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Actor May 69
Fair
1988 A Kind Of Living Actor 69
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1987 Simon and the Witch Actor The Witch 69
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1987 Doctor Who: Paradise Towers Actor Tabby 58
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1987 The Devil's Disciple Actor Mrs. Dudgeon 58
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1985 The Thirteenth Day of Christmas Actor Evelyn Smith N/A
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1985 Parker Actor Mrs. Epps 58
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1984 Sakharov Actor Nobel Presenter 59
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1984 The Cold Room Actor Frau Hoffman 58
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1983 Those Glory Glory Days Actor School Mistress 58
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1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor Actor Mistress Quickly 59
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1982 Spider's Web Actor Mildred Peake 59
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1982 Our Winnie Actor Cora N/A
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1982 Our Winnie Actor Cora N/A
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1982 Intensive Care Actor Alice Duckworth N/A
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1982 The Haunting of Cassie Palmer Actor Mrs. Palmer N/A
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1982 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Actor Miss Markland 59
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1982 Shine on Harvey Moon Actor 70
Good
1981 Lady Chatterley's Lover Actor Lady Eva 58
Average
1981 The Cause Actor Olive James N/A
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1981 The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe Actor Mrs Radcliffe N/A
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1981 Fothergill Actor Middle Class Woman N/A
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1980 Richard's Things Actor Mrs. Sells 58
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1980 Fox Actor Connie Fox 59
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1980 Fox Actor Connie Fox 69
Fair
1980 The Dybbuk Actor Frade N/A
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1980 The Enigma Actor Miss Parsons N/A
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1979 Julius Caesar Actor Calphurnia 59
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1979 Afternoon Off Actor Miss Beckinsale N/A
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1977 Able's Will Actor Sarah N/A
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1976 Love Letters on Blue Paper Actor Sonia Marsden N/A
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1975 Prometheus: The Life of Balzac Actor N/A
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1974 Leeds United! Actor Maggie N/A
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1973 Rust Actor Eleanor Hawkes N/A
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1969 3 Into 2 Won't Go Actor Marcia 58
Average
1968 Work Is a 4-Letter Word Actor Mrs Murray 58
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1968 All's Well That Ends Well Actor Widow N/A
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