7.9
Movie
Acting
Elizabeth Spriggs
- Born
- Died
- (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
- Credits
- 102 titles
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).
Signature work
Known For
7.9
Movie
7.4
Movie
Sense and Sensibility
8.0
TV
Tales from the Crypt
7.9
TV
Doctor Who
8.2
TV
Agatha Christie's Poirot
6.2
Movie
Alice in Wonderland
7.5
TV
Midsomer Murders
8.2
TV
Sherlock Holmes
7.0
Movie
A Christmas Carol
7.1
Movie
The Barber of Siberia
6.5
TV
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
8.1
TV
Jeeves and Wooster
5.4
Movie
Lady Chatterley's Lover
6.3
Movie
Paradise Road
6.2
TV
Casualty
6.3
Movie
Is Anybody There?
6.1
Movie
Impromptu
7.4
TV
Lovejoy
Acting credits 101
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Is Anybody There? Film | Prudence |
| 2007 | James Ellis: An Actor's Life Film | Herself |
| 2005 | Jericho TV | Ellen Jericho (1 ep) |
| 2005 | Love Soup TV | Penny's Mother (voice) (1 ep) |
| 2004 | The Queen of Sheba's Pearls Film | |
| 2003 | The Royal TV | Dolly Smith (2 ep) |
| 2002 | Nice Guy Eddie TV | Vera McMullen (6 ep) |
| 2002 | Shackleton TV | Janet Stancombe Wills (1 ep) |
| 2001 | Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Film | The Fat Lady |
| 2000 | The Sleeper Film | Cath |
| 2000 | For My Baby Film | Olga Jenikova |
| 2000 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) TV | (1 ep) |
| 1999 | A Christmas Carol Film | Mrs. Riggs |
| 1999 | Wives and Daughters TV | Mrs Goodenough (3 ep) |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service Film | Schultz |
| 1999 | Alice in Wonderland Film | Duchess |
| 1998 | The Barber of Siberia Film | Perepiolkina |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders TV | Iris Rainbird, Ursula Gooding (1 ep) |
| 1997 | Paradise Road Film | Mrs. Roberts |
| 1996 | The Secret Agent Film | Winnie's Mother |
| 1996 | The Snow Queen's Revenge Film | Brenda (voice) |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility Film | Mrs. Jennings |
| 1994 | Martin Chuzzlewit TV | Mrs Gamp (3 ep) |
| 1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum TV | Grandma (6 ep) |
| 1994 | A Pinch of Snuff Film | Annabelle Andover |
| 1994 | Middlemarch TV | Mrs. Cadwallader (6 ep) |
| 1993 | The Hour of the Pig Film | Madame Langlois |
| 1993 | The Last Vampyre Film | Eileen Mason |
| 1992 | Anglo Saxon Attitudes TV | Inge Middleton (3 ep) |
| 1992 | Heartbeat TV | Rene Kirby, Mrs. Andrews (1 ep) |
| 1992 | The Old Devils Film | Dorothy Morgan |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles TV | Schultz (1 ep) |
| 1991 | Performance TV | Mistress Quickly (1 ep) |
| 1991 | Soldier Soldier TV | Mrs. Henwood (1 ep) |
| 1991 | Impromptu Film | Baroness Laginsky |
| 1990 | Survival of the Fittest Film | Eileen Blackett |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster TV | Aunt Agatha (2 ep) |
| 1990 | Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit TV | May (3 ep) |
| 1989 | Screen One TV | Eileen Blackett (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt TV | Mrs. Trask (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin TV | Madge Kendal (1 ep) |
| 1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot TV | Mrs. Leadbetter (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Simon and the Witch TV | The Witch (25 ep) |
| 1987 | Doctor Who: Paradise Towers Film | Tabby |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries TV | Eva Peterlee (1 ep) |
| 1987 | Watching TV | Aunty Peggy (5 ep) |
| 1987 | The Devil's Disciple Film | Mrs. Dudgeon |
| 1986 | Casualty TV | Barbara Thomas (1 ep) |
| 1986 | Lovejoy TV | Daphne Shotley (1 ep) |
| 1985 | The Thirteenth Day of Christmas Film | Evelyn Smith |
| 1985 | Time for Murder TV | Evelyn Smith (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Theatre Night TV | Mrs. Dudgeon (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Parker Film | Mrs. Epps |
| 1984 | Sakharov Film | Nobel Presenter |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes TV | Mrs Mason (1 ep) |
| 1984 | The Cold Room Film | Frau Hoffman |
| 1983 | Those Glory Glory Days Film | School Mistress |
| 1982 | The Merry Wives of Windsor Film | Mistress Quickly |
| 1982 | Spider's Web Film | Mildred Peake |
| 1982 | Our Winnie Film | Cora |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre TV | Writer (1 ep) |