Elizabeth Spriggs
Known for ActingBorn 1929-09-18 — died 2008-07-02Buxton, 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.
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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).
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · as The Fat Lady
Sense and Sensibility
1995 · as Mrs. Jennings
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981 · as Lady Eva
Impromptu
1991 · as Baroness Laginsky
Paradise Road
1997 · as Mrs. Roberts
A Christmas Carol
1999 · as Mrs. Riggs
Alice in Wonderland
1999 · as Duchess
The Barber of Siberia
1998 · as Perepiolkina
Fox
1980 · as Connie Fox
The Hour of the Pig
1993 · as Madame Langlois
Is Anybody There?
2009 · as Prudence
The Secret Agent
1996 · as Winnie's Mother
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982 · as Mistress Quickly
Our Winnie
1982 · as Cora
Richard's Things
1980 · as Mrs. Sells
The Last Vampyre
1993 · as Eileen Mason
Intensive Care
1982 · as Alice Duckworth
Spider's Web
1982 · as Mildred Peake