
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).

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