Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
Born September 18, 1929 · 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).
Films (50)
Is Anybody There?
2009
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
The Sleeper
2000
For My Baby
2000
A Christmas Carol
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
Alice in Wonderland
1999
The Barber of Siberia
1998
Paradise Road
1997
The Secret Agent
1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
Sense and Sensibility
1995
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
The Hour of the Pig
1993
The Last Vampyre
1993
The Old Devils
1992
Impromptu
1991
Survival of the Fittest
1990
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
The Devil's Disciple
1987
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985
Parker
1985
Sakharov
1984
The Cold Room
1984
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Spider's Web
1982
Our Winnie
1982
Intensive Care
1982
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
The Cause
1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
Fothergill
1981
Richard's Things
1980
Fox
1980
The Dybbuk
1980
The Enigma
1980
Julius Caesar
1979
Afternoon Off
1979
Able's Will
1977
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
Leeds United!
1974
Rust
1973
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
All's Well That Ends Well
1968