Elizabeth Spriggs
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-09-18 (79 years old)
Deathday
2008-07-02
Place of Birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Also known As
Elizabeth Jean Williams
Elisabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson
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Elizabeth Spriggs
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).
Acting
1984
as Nobel Presenter
1980
as Frade
1990
as Eileen Blackett
1996
as Winnie's Mother
2000
as Olga Jenikova
1969
as Marcia
1979
as Calphurnia
1998
as Perepiolkina
1995
as Mrs. Jennings
1974
as Maggie
1993
as Eileen Mason
1982
as Alice Duckworth
1979
as Miss Beckinsale
1997
as Mrs. Roberts
1999
as Duchess
1980
as Mrs. Sells
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes
1981
as Lady Eva
1968
as Widow
1980
as Connie Fox
2009
as Prudence
2001
as The Fat Lady
1983
as School Mistress
1982
as Mildred Peake
1999
as Mrs Riggs
1985
as Mrs. Epps
1985
as Evelyn Smith
1991
as Baroness Laginsky
1993
as Madame Langlois
1968
as Mrs Murray
1982
as Miss Markland
1994
as Annabelle Andover
1982
as Mistress Quickly
1987
as Mrs. Dudgeon
2007
as Herself
2000
as Cath
1976
as Sonia Marsden
1982
as Mrs. Palmer
1981
as Olive James
1987
as Tabby
1984
as Frau Hoffman
1992
as Dorothy Morgan
1982
as Cora
1980
as Miss Parsons
1981
as Middle Class Woman
1981
as Mrs Radcliffe
1977
as Sarah
1996
as Brenda (voice)
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