Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
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).
TV Shows(46)
Jericho
Ellen Jericho
2005
Love Soup
Penny's Mother (voice)
2005
The Royal
Dolly Smith
2003
Nice Guy Eddie
Vera McMullen
2002
Shackleton
Janet Stancombe Wills
2002
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Wives and Daughters
Mrs Goodenough
1999
Midsomer Murders
Iris Rainbird
1997
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mrs Gamp
1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
Grandma
1994
Middlemarch
Mrs. Cadwallader
1994
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Inge Middleton
1992
Heartbeat
Rene Kirby
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Schultz
1992
Performance
Mistress Quickly
1991
Soldier Soldier
Mrs. Henwood
1991
Jeeves and Wooster
Aunt Agatha
1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
May
1990
Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Trask
1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
Madge Kendal
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Leadbetter
1989
Simon and the Witch
The Witch
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Eva Peterlee
1987
Watching
Aunty Peggy
1987
Casualty
Barbara Thomas
1986
Lovejoy
Daphne Shotley
1986
Time for Murder
Evelyn Smith
1985
Theatre Night
Mrs. Dudgeon
1985
Sherlock Holmes
Mrs Mason
1984
Objects of Affection
Cora
1982
Shine on Harvey Moon
Nan
1982
Bergerac
Mary Lou Costain
1981
Cribb
Mrs Gurney
1980
Fox
Connie Fox
1980
Tales of the Unexpected
Aunt May
1979
BBC2 Play of the Week
Sarah
1977
Victorian Scandals
Hannah Cullwick
1976
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975
Playhouse
Miss Parsons
1974
Black and Blue
Eleanor Hawkes
1973
Play for Today
Sonia Marsden
1970
The Expert
Mrs. Kyneston
1968
BBC Play of the Month
Maud Lowder
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Doctor Who
Maddy
1963
Festival
Lampito
1963
Movies(50)
Is Anybody There?
Prudence
2009
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Herself
2007
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
2001
The Sleeper
Cath
2000
For My Baby
Olga Jenikova
2000
A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Riggs
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Schultz
1999
Alice in Wonderland
Duchess
1999
The Barber of Siberia
Perepiolkina
1998
Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts
1997
The Secret Agent
Winnie's Mother
1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Brenda (voice)
1996
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
1995
A Pinch of Snuff
Annabelle Andover
1994
The Hour of the Pig
Madame Langlois
1993
The Last Vampyre
Eileen Mason
1993
The Old Devils
Dorothy Morgan
1992
Impromptu
Baroness Laginsky
1991
Survival of the Fittest
Eileen Blackett
1990
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Tabby
1987
The Devil's Disciple
Mrs. Dudgeon
1987
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
Evelyn Smith
1985
Parker
Mrs. Epps
1985
Sakharov
Nobel Presenter
1984
The Cold Room
Frau Hoffman
1984
Those Glory Glory Days
School Mistress
1983
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Quickly
1982
Spider's Web
Mildred Peake
1982
Our Winnie
Cora
1982
Intensive Care
Alice Duckworth
1982
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Mrs. Palmer
1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland
1982
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Eva
1981
The Cause
Olive James
1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Mrs Radcliffe
1981
Fothergill
Middle Class Woman
1981
Richard's Things
Mrs. Sells
1980
Fox
Connie Fox
1980
The Dybbuk
Frade
1980
The Enigma
Miss Parsons
1980
Julius Caesar
Calphurnia
1979
Afternoon Off
Miss Beckinsale
1979
Able's Will
Sarah
1977
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Sonia Marsden
1976
Leeds United!
Maggie
1974
Rust
Eleanor Hawkes
1973
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Marcia
1969
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Mrs Murray
1968
All's Well That Ends Well
Widow
1968