Elizabeth Spriggs
Born: 1929-09-18 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Died: 2008-07-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
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
2009
- Is Anybody There? as Prudence
2007
- James Ellis: An Actor's Life as Herself
2003
- The Royal as Dolly Smith
2002
- Shackleton as Janet Stancombe Wills
- Nice Guy Eddie as Vera McMullen
2001
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as The Fat Lady
2000
- Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
- For My Baby as Olga Jenikova
- The Sleeper as Cath
1999
- A Christmas Carol as Mrs. Riggs
- Alice in Wonderland as Duchess
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Schultz
- Wives and Daughters as Mrs. Goodenough
1998
- The Barber of Siberia as Perepiolkina
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Iris Rainbird
- Paradise Road as Mrs. Roberts
1996
- The Snow Queen's Revenge as Brenda (voice)
- The Secret Agent as Winnie's Mother
1995
- Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Jennings
1994
- Middlemarch as Mrs. Cadwallader
- A Pinch of Snuff as Annabelle Andover
- Takin' Over the Asylum as Grandma
- Martin Chuzzlewit as Mrs. Gamp
1993
- The Last Vampyre as Eileen Mason
- The Hour of the Pig as Madame Langlois
1992
- Heartbeat as Rene Kirby
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Schultz
- The Old Devils as Dorothy Morgan
- Anglo Saxon Attitudes as Inge Middleton
1991
- Soldier Soldier as Mrs. Henwood
- Performance as Mistress Quickly
- Impromptu as Baroness Laginsky
1990
- Jeeves and Wooster as Aunt Agatha
- Survival of the Fittest as Eileen Blackett
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit as May
1989
- Agatha Christie's Poirot as Mrs. Leadbetter
- Tales from the Crypt as Mrs. Trask
- Young Charlie Chaplin as Madge Kendal
1988
1987
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Eva Peterlee
- Watching as Aunty Peggy
- The Devil's Disciple as Mrs. Dudgeon
- Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as Tabby
- Simon and the Witch as The Witch
1985
- Parker as Mrs. Epps
- Time for Murder as Evelyn Smith
- Theatre Night as Mrs. Dudgeon
- The Thirteenth Day of Christmas as Evelyn Smith
1984
- Sherlock Holmes as Mrs Mason
- Sakharov as Nobel Presenter
- The Cold Room as Frau Hoffman
1983
- Those Glory Glory Days as School Mistress
1982
- Intensive Care as Alice Duckworth
- Our Winnie as Cora
- Shine on Harvey Moon as Nan
- Spider's Web as Mildred Peake
- The Haunting of Cassie Palmer as Mrs. Palmer
- The Merry Wives of Windsor as Mistress Quickly
- Objects of Affection as Cora
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Miss Markland
1981
- Bergerac as Mary Lou Costain
- The Cause as Olive James
- Lady Chatterley's Lover as Lady Eva
- The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe as Mrs Radcliffe
- Fothergill as Middle Class Woman
1980
- The Dybbuk as Frade
- Fox as Connie Fox
- Richard's Things as Mrs. Sells
- Fox as Connie Fox
- The Enigma as Miss Parsons
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Aunt May
- Afternoon Off as Miss Beckinsale
- Julius Caesar as Calphurnia
1977
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Sarah
- Able's Will as Sarah
1976
- Victorian Scandals
- The Glittering Prizes as Lady Frances Davidson
- Love Letters on Blue Paper as Sonia Marsden
1974
- Playhouse as Miss Parsons
- Leeds United! as Maggie
1973
- Rust as Eleanor Hawkes
- Black and Blue as Eleanor Hawkes
1970
- Play for Today as Sonia Marsden
1969
- 3 Into 2 Won't Go as Marcia
1968
- The Expert as Mrs. Kyneston
- All's Well That Ends Well as Widow
- Work Is a 4-Letter Word as Mrs Murray
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Maud Lowder
1964
1963
- Doctor Who as Maddy
- Festival as Lampito