Acting
Elizabeth Spriggs
Born 1929-09-18· 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).
Known for
Full filmography
Midsomer Murders
1997
CRIME
Doctor Who
1963
DRAMA
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
CRIME
Casualty
1986
DRAMA
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
ADVENTURE
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
DRAMA
Heartbeat
1992
CRIME
Sherlock Holmes
1984
CRIME
Tales from the Crypt
1989
COMEDY
Bergerac
1981
DRAMA
Sense and Sensibility
1995
DRAMA
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
ACTION
Jeeves and Wooster
1990
COMEDY
Lovejoy
1986
COMEDY
Wives and Daughters
1999
DRAMA
Alice in Wonderland
1999
FANTASY
Takin' Over the Asylum
1994
COMEDY
Shackleton
2002
DRAMA
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
DRAMA
The Secret Agent
1996
DRAMA
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
DRAMA
The Barber of Siberia
1998
COMEDY
Paradise Road
1997
WAR
Impromptu
1991
DRAMA
A Christmas Carol
1999
DRAMA
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
ACTION
The Hour of the Pig
1993
DRAMA