Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
1929-09-18 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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).
Filmography
Is Anybody There?
2009 · Movie
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007 · Movie
Jericho
2005 · Series
Love Soup
2005 · Series
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004 · Movie
The Royal
2003 · Series
Nice Guy Eddie
2002 · Series
Shackleton
2002 · Series
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Movie
The Sleeper
2000 · Movie
For My Baby
2000 · Movie
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000 · Series
A Christmas Carol
1999 · Movie
Wives and Daughters
1999 · Series
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999 · Movie
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · Movie
The Barber of Siberia
1998 · Movie
Midsomer Murders
1997 · Series
Paradise Road
1997 · Movie
The Secret Agent
1996 · Movie
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996 · Movie
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · Movie
Martin Chuzzlewit
1994 · Series
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994 · Series
A Pinch of Snuff
1994 · Movie
Middlemarch
1994 · Series
The Hour of the Pig
1993 · Movie
The Last Vampyre
1993 · Movie
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
1992 · Series
Heartbeat
1992 · Series
The Old Devils
1992 · Movie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Series
Performance
1991 · Series
Soldier Soldier
1991 · Series
Impromptu
1991 · Movie
Survival of the Fittest
1990 · Movie
Jeeves and Wooster
1990 · Series
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990 · Series
Screen One
1989 · Series
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Series
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989 · Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 · Series
Simon and the Witch
1987 · Series
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987 · Movie
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987 · Series
Watching
1987 · Series
The Devil's Disciple
1987 · Movie
Casualty
1986 · Series
Lovejoy
1986 · Series
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985 · Movie
Time for Murder
1985 · Series
Theatre Night
1985 · Series
Parker
1985 · Movie
Sakharov
1984 · Movie
Sherlock Holmes
1984 · Series
The Cold Room
1984 · Movie
Those Glory Glory Days
1983 · Movie
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 · Movie
Spider's Web
1982 · Movie
Objects of Affection
1982 · Series
Our Winnie
1982 · Movie
Intensive Care
1982 · Movie
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982 · Movie
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982 · Movie
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982 · Series
Bergerac
1981 · Series
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981 · Movie
The Cause
1981 · Movie
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981 · Movie
Fothergill
1981 · Movie
Richard's Things
1980 · Movie
We, the Accused
1980 · Series
Cribb
1980 · Series
Fox
1980 · Series
Fox
1980 · Movie
The Dybbuk
1980 · Movie
The Enigma
1980 · Movie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979 · Series
Julius Caesar
1979 · Movie
Afternoon Off
1979 · Movie
The BBC Television Shakespeare
1978 · Series
Able's Will
1977 · Movie
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977 · Series
Victorian Scandals
1976 · Series
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976 · Movie
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975 · Series
Leeds United!
1974 · Movie
Village Hall
1974 · Series
Playhouse
1974 · Series
Second City Firsts
1973 · Series
Rust
1973 · Movie
Black and Blue
1973 · Series
Play for Today
1970 · Series
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969 · Movie
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968 · Movie
The Expert
1968 · Series
All's Well That Ends Well
1968 · Movie
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · Series
Theatre 625
1964 · Series
Doctor Who
1963 · Series
Festival
1963 · Series
Armchair Theatre
1956 · Series