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Elizabeth Spriggs
Born 1929-09-18Buxton, 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).
Screen work
Movies & roles
Is Anybody There?PrudenceJames Ellis: An Actor's LifeHerselfThe Queen of Sheba's PearlsRoleHarry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe Fat LadyThe SleeperCathFor My BabyOlga JenikovaA Christmas CarolMrs. RiggsThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceSchultzAlice in WonderlandDuchessThe Barber of SiberiaPerepiolkinaParadise RoadMrs. RobertsThe Secret AgentWinnie's MotherThe Snow Queen's RevengeBrenda (voice)Sense and SensibilityMrs. JenningsA Pinch of SnuffAnnabelle AndoverThe Hour of the PigMadame LangloisThe Last VampyreEileen MasonThe Old DevilsDorothy MorganImpromptuBaroness LaginskySurvival of the FittestEileen BlackettDoctor Who: Paradise TowersTabbyThe Devil's DiscipleMrs. DudgeonThe Thirteenth Day of ChristmasEvelyn SmithParkerMrs. Epps