Elizabeth Spriggs

Actor

Born: September 18, 1929
Died: July 2, 2008 (age 78)
From: 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…

Filmography (50)

Is Anybody There? (2009)
Prudence
James Ellis: An Actor's Life (2007)
Herself
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
The Fat Lady
The Sleeper (2000)
Cath
For My Baby (2000)
Olga Jenikova
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Mrs. Riggs
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
Schultz
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Duchess
The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Perepiolkina
Paradise Road (1997)
Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent (1996)
Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge (1996)
Brenda (voice)
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Mrs. Jennings
A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
Annabelle Andover
The Hour of the Pig (1993)
Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre (1993)
Eileen Mason
The Old Devils (1992)
Dorothy Morgan
Impromptu (1991)
Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest (1990)
Eileen Blackett
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers (1987)
Tabby
The Devil's Disciple (1987)
Mrs. Dudgeon
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas (1985)
Evelyn Smith
Parker (1985)
Mrs. Epps
Sakharov (1984)
Nobel Presenter
The Cold Room (1984)
Frau Hoffman
Those Glory Glory Days (1983)
School Mistress
The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Mistress Quickly
Spider's Web (1982)
Mildred Peake
Our Winnie (1982)
Cora