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