Acting
Elizabeth Spriggs
EN, RU cinema · 50 credits
Born
18 September 1929
Died
2 July 2008 (aged 78)
Birthplace
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Also known as Elizabeth Jean Williams · Elisabeth Spriggs · Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson · Елізабет Спріггс
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
Filmography
Is Anybody There?
as Prudence
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as The Fat Lady
For My Baby
as Olga Jenikova
The Sleeper
as Cath
Alice in Wonderland
as Duchess
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Riggs
The Barber of Siberia
as Perepiolkina
Paradise Road
as Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent
as Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Brenda (voice)
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
A Pinch of Snuff
as Annabelle Andover
The Last Vampyre
as Eileen Mason
The Hour of the Pig
as Madame Langlois
The Old Devils
as Dorothy Morgan
Impromptu
as Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest
as Eileen Blackett
The Devil's Disciple
as Mrs. Dudgeon
Parker
as Mrs. Epps
Sakharov
as Nobel Presenter
The Cold Room
as Frau Hoffman
Those Glory Glory Days
as School Mistress
Intensive Care
as Alice Duckworth
Spider's Web
as Mildred Peake
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Miss Markland
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Mistress Quickly
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
as Mrs. Palmer
Our Winnie
as Cora
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva
The Cause
as Olive James
Fothergill
as Middle Class Woman
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
as Mrs Radcliffe
The Dybbuk
as Frade
Richard's Things
as Mrs. Sells
Fox
1980
Fox
as Connie Fox
The Enigma
as Miss Parsons
Julius Caesar
as Calphurnia
Afternoon Off
as Miss Beckinsale
Able's Will
as Sarah
Love Letters on Blue Paper
as Sonia Marsden
Leeds United!
as Maggie
Rust
1973
Rust
as Eleanor Hawkes
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Marcia
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
as Mrs Murray