Portrait of Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

Acting

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).

Born: September 18, 1929

Place of Birth: Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Filmography

2009
2005
Jericho

as Ellen Jericho

2005
Love Soup

as Penny's Mother (voice)

2003
The Royal

as Dolly Smith

2002
Shackleton

as Janet Stancombe Wills

2000
2000
For My Baby

as Olga Jenikova

1999
A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Riggs

1999
Wives and Daughters

as Mrs. Goodenough

1999
1998
The Barber of Siberia

as Perepiolkina

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Iris Rainbird

1997
Midsomer Murders

as Ursula Gooding

1997
Paradise Road

as Mrs. Roberts

1996
The Secret Agent

as Winnie's Mother

1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge

as Brenda (voice)

1995
Sense and Sensibility

as Mrs. Jennings

1994
Martin Chuzzlewit

as Mrs. Gamp

1994
A Pinch of Snuff

as Annabelle Andover

1994
Middlemarch

as Mrs. Cadwallader

1993
The Hour of the Pig

as Madame Langlois

1993
The Last Vampyre

as Eileen Mason

1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes

as Inge Middleton

1992
Heartbeat

as Rene Kirby

1992
Heartbeat

as Mrs. Andrews

1992
The Old Devils

as Dorothy Morgan

1991
Performance

as Mistress Quickly

1991
Soldier Soldier

as Mrs. Henwood

1991
Impromptu

as Baroness Laginsky

1990
Survival of the Fittest

as Eileen Blackett

1990
Jeeves and Wooster

as Aunt Agatha

1989
1989
Young Charlie Chaplin

as Madge Kendal

1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs. Leadbetter

1987
1987
1987
Watching

as Aunty Peggy

1987
The Devil's Disciple

as Mrs. Dudgeon

1986
Casualty

as Barbara Thomas

1986
Lovejoy

as Daphne Shotley

1985
Time for Murder

as Evelyn Smith

1985
Parker

as Mrs. Epps

1984
Sakharov

as Nobel Presenter

1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Mrs Mason

1984
The Cold Room

as Frau Hoffman

1983
Those Glory Glory Days

as School Mistress

1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Mistress Quickly

1982
Spider's Web

as Mildred Peake

1982
Our Winnie

as Cora

1982
Intensive Care

as Alice Duckworth

1982
1981
Bergerac

as Mary Lou Costain

1981
The Cause

as Olive James

1981
1981
Fothergill

as Middle Class Woman

1980
Richard's Things

as Mrs. Sells

1980
Fox

as Connie Fox

1980
The Dybbuk

as Frade

1980
The Enigma

as Miss Parsons

1979
Julius Caesar

as Calphurnia

1979
Afternoon Off

as Miss Beckinsale

1977
Able's Will

as Sarah

1976
1976
The Glittering Prizes

as Lady Frances Davidson

1974
Leeds United!

as Maggie

1974
Playhouse

as Miss Parsons

1974
Playhouse

as Middle-Class Woman

1974
Playhouse

as Mrs. Radcliffe

1970
Play for Today

as Sonia Marsden

1970
Play for Today

as Olive James

1970
1970
Play for Today

as Alice Duckworth

1969
1968
1968
The Expert

as Mrs. Kyneston

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Maud Lowder

1963
Doctor Who

as Maddy