Elizabeth Spriggs
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Iris Rainbird
1997
Series
Midsomer Murders
Ursula Gooding
1997
Series
Play for Today
Sonia Marsden
1970
Series
Play for Today
Olive James
1970
Series
Play for Today
Maggie
1970
Series
Play for Today
Alice Duckworth
1970
Series
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Leadbetter
1989
Series
Casualty
Barbara Thomas
1986
Series
Doctor Who
Maddy
1963
Series
Doctor Who
Tabby
1963
Film
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
2001
Series
Heartbeat
Rene Kirby
1992
Series
Heartbeat
Mrs. Andrews
1992
Series
Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Trask
1989
Series
Sherlock Holmes
Mrs Mason
1984
Series
Bergerac
Mary Lou Costain
1981
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Maud Lowder
1965
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Aunt May
1979
Series
Tales of the Unexpected
Martha
1979
Series
Theatre 625
1964
Series
Playhouse
Miss Parsons
1974
Series
Playhouse
Middle-Class Woman
1974
Series
Playhouse
Mrs. Radcliffe
1974
Series
Wives and Daughters
Mrs Goodenough
1999
Series
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Eva Peterlee
1987
Series
Soldier Soldier
Mrs. Henwood
1991
Series
Jeeves and Wooster
Aunt Agatha
1990
Series
Performance
Mistress Quickly
1991
Series
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Schultz
1992
Film
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
1995
Series
Lovejoy
Daphne Shotley
1986
Series
Screen One
Eileen Blackett
1989
Series
The Expert
Mrs. Kyneston
1968
Series
BBC2 Play of the Week
Sarah
1977
Series
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Mistress Quickly
1978
Festival
Lampito
1963
Series
Watching
Aunty Peggy
1987
Second City Firsts
Zena Pool
1973
Series
Shine on Harvey Moon
Nan
1982
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
Series
Middlemarch
Mrs. Cadwallader
1994
Film
Alice in Wonderland
Duchess
1999
Series
Cribb
Mrs Gurney
1980
Series
Shackleton
Janet Stancombe Wills
2002
Film
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Eva
1981
Series
Love Soup
Penny's Mother (voice)
2005
Film
A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Riggs
1999
Series
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mrs Gamp
1994
Series
Takin' Over the Asylum
Grandma
1994
Series
Time for Murder
Evelyn Smith
1985
Series
Jericho
Ellen Jericho
2005
Series
Victorian Scandals
Hannah Cullwick
1976
Film
The Barber of Siberia
Perepiolkina
1998
Series
Fox
Connie Fox
1980
Black and Blue
Eleanor Hawkes
1973
Series
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Inge Middleton
1992
Series
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
May
1990
Series
Theatre Night
Mrs. Dudgeon
1985
Series
Simon and the Witch
The Witch
1987
Film
The Secret Agent
Winnie's Mother
1996
Film
Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts
1997
Series
Young Charlie Chaplin
Madge Kendal
1989
Film
Is Anybody There?
Prudence
2009
Series
Objects of Affection
Cora
1982
Film
The Last Vampyre
Eileen Mason
1993
Film
Impromptu
Baroness Laginsky
1991
Film
The Hour of the Pig
Madame Langlois
1993
Film
Richard's Things
Mrs. Sells
1980
Fox
Connie Fox
1980
Film
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Quickly
1982
Film
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975
Nice Guy Eddie
Vera McMullen
2002
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Schultz
1999
Film
Spider's Web
Mildred Peake
1982
Film
The Devil's Disciple
Mrs. Dudgeon
1987
Film
The Cold Room
Frau Hoffman
1984
Film
Sakharov
Nobel Presenter
1984
Film
Afternoon Off
Miss Beckinsale
1979
Film
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland
1982
Film
Our Winnie
Cora
1982
Film
A Pinch of Snuff
Annabelle Andover
1994
Film
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Brenda (voice)
1996
Film
The Sleeper
Cath
2000
Series
The Royal
Dolly Smith
2003
Film
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Mrs Murray
1968
Film
Julius Caesar
Calphurnia
1979
Film
For My Baby
Olga Jenikova
2000
Film
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Tabby
1987
Film
Intensive Care
Alice Duckworth
1982
Film
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Mrs Radcliffe
1981
Film
The Enigma
Miss Parsons
1980
Film
Parker
Mrs. Epps
1985
Film
Able's Will
Sarah
1977
Film
The Old Devils
Dorothy Morgan
1992
Film
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Mrs. Palmer
1982
Film
Those Glory Glory Days
School Mistress
1983
Film
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Marcia
1969
All's Well That Ends Well
Widow
1968
Film
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Herself
2007
Film
Leeds United!
Maggie
1974
Film
Fothergill
Middle Class Woman
1981
Film
Survival of the Fittest
Eileen Blackett
1990
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
Evelyn Smith
1985
Rust
Eleanor Hawkes
1973
Film
The Cause
Olive James
1981
Film
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Sonia Marsden
1976
Film
The Dybbuk
Frade
1980