Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

Date of Birth:

Sep 18, 1929

Place of Birth:

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).

filmography:

A Pinch of Snuff A Pinch of Snuff

1994

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

1999

The Merry Wives of Windsor The Merry Wives of Windsor

1982

The Devil's Disciple The Devil's Disciple

1987

James Ellis: An Actor's Life James Ellis: An Actor's Life

2007

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

1982

Work Is a 4-Letter Word Work Is a 4-Letter Word

1968

Parker Parker

1985

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

1985

Impromptu Impromptu

1991

The Hour of the Pig The Hour of the Pig

1993

The Sleeper The Sleeper

2000

Love Letters on Blue Paper Love Letters on Blue Paper

1976

The Enigma The Enigma

1980

Fothergill Fothergill

1981

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

1981

Able's Will Able's Will

1977

Our Winnie Our Winnie

1982

The Old Devils The Old Devils

1992

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

1982

The Cause The Cause

1981

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

1987

The Cold Room The Cold Room

1984

A Christmas Carol A Christmas Carol

1999

Spider's Web Spider's Web

1982

Sense and Sensibility Sense and Sensibility

1995

The Barber of Siberia The Barber of Siberia

1998

Leeds United! Leeds United!

1974

The Last Vampyre The Last Vampyre

1993

Intensive Care Intensive Care

1982

Julius Caesar Julius Caesar

1979

3 Into 2 Won't Go 3 Into 2 Won't Go

1969

The Dybbuk The Dybbuk

1980

Survival of the Fittest Survival of the Fittest

1990

The Secret Agent The Secret Agent

1996

For My Baby For My Baby

2000

Afternoon Off Afternoon Off

1979

Paradise Road Paradise Road

1997

Fox Fox

1980

Is Anybody There? Is Anybody There?

2009

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

Those Glory Glory Days Those Glory Glory Days

1983

All's Well That Ends Well All's Well That Ends Well

1968

Lady Chatterley's Lover Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981

Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland

1999

Richard's Things Richard's Things

1980

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

2004

Rust Rust

1973

Sakharov Sakharov

1984

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