Elizabeth Spriggs
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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Sakharov
as Nobel Presenter
1984
The Dybbuk
as Frade
1980
Survival of the Fittest
as Eileen Blackett
1990
The Secret Agent
as Winnie's Mother
1996
For My Baby
as Olga Jenikova
2000
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Marcia
1969
Julius Caesar
as Calphurnia
1979
The Barber of Siberia
as Perepiolkina
1998
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
1995
Leeds United!
as Maggie
1974
The Last Vampyre
as Eileen Mason
1993
Intensive Care
as Alice Duckworth
1982
Afternoon Off
as Miss Beckinsale
1979
Alice in Wonderland
as Duchess
1999
Paradise Road
as Mrs. Roberts
1997
Richard's Things
as Mrs. Sells
1980
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Rust
as Eleanor Hawkes
1973
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva
1981
All's Well That Ends Well
as Widow
1968
TV Appearances
Jeeves and Wooster
as Aunt Agatha
1990
Bergerac
as Mary Lou Costain
1981
Doctor Who
as Maddy
1963
Tales from the Crypt
as Mrs. Trask
1989
Tales of the Unexpected
as Aunt May
1979
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Schultz
1992
Heartbeat
as Rene Kirby
1992
Takin' Over the Asylum
as Grandma
1994
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Sherlock Holmes
as Mrs Mason
1984
Lovejoy
as Daphne Shotley
1986
Fox
as Connie Fox
1980