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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).
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Is Anybody There? as Prudence | 2009-04-17 |
James Ellis: An Actor's Life as Herself | 2007-07-02 |
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls | 2004-12-25 |
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone as The Fat Lady | 2001-11-16 |
The Sleeper as Cath | 2000-12-26 |
For My Baby as Olga Jenikova | 2000-10-19 |
A Christmas Carol as Mrs Riggs | 1999-12-05 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Schultz | 1999-10-26 |
Alice in Wonderland as Duchess | 1999-02-28 |
The Barber of Siberia as Perepiolkina | 1998-11-11 |
Paradise Road as Mrs. Roberts | 1997-02-11 |
The Secret Agent as Winnie's Mother | 1996-11-08 |
Sense and Sensibility as Mrs. Jennings | 1995-12-13 |
A Pinch of Snuff as Annabelle Andover | 1994-04-09 |
The Hour of the Pig as Madame Langlois | 1993-09-25 |
The Last Vampyre as Eileen Mason | 1993-03-14 |
The Old Devils as Dorothy Morgan | 1992-03-16 |
Impromptu as Baroness Laginsky | 1991-04-12 |
Survival of the Fittest as Eileen Blackett | 1990-10-21 |
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers as Tabby | 1987-10-26 |
The Devil's Disciple as Mrs. Dudgeon | 1987-05-17 |
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas as Evelyn Smith | 1985-12-14 |
Parker as Mrs. Epps | 1985-05-03 |
Sakharov as Nobel Presenter | 1984-06-20 |
The Cold Room as Frau Hoffman | 1984-03-24 |
Those Glory Glory Days as School Mistress | 1983-11-17 |
The Merry Wives of Windsor as Mistress Quickly | 1982-12-28 |
Spider's Web as Mildred Peake | 1982-12-26 |
Our Winnie as Cora | 1982-11-12 |
Intensive Care as Alice Duckworth | 1982-11-09 |
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer as Mrs. Palmer | 1982-02-26 |
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman as Miss Markland | 1982-02-16 |
Lady Chatterley's Lover as Lady Eva | 1981-06-29 |
The Cause as Olive James | 1981-02-03 |
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe as Mrs Radcliffe | 1981-01-23 |
Fothergill as Middle Class Woman | 1981-01-08 |
Richard's Things as Mrs. Sells | 1980-12-26 |
Fox as Connie Fox | 1980-03-10 |
The Dybbuk as Frade | 1980-02-24 |
The Enigma as Miss Parsons | 1980-02-09 |
Julius Caesar as Calphurnia | 1979-02-11 |
Afternoon Off as Miss Beckinsale | 1979-02-03 |
Able's Will as Sarah | 1977-10-05 |
Love Letters on Blue Paper as Sonia Marsden | 1976-03-02 |
Leeds United! as Maggie | 1974-10-31 |
Rust as Eleanor Hawkes | 1973-09-04 |
3 Into 2 Won't Go as Marcia | 1969-07-02 |
Work Is a 4-Letter Word as Mrs Murray | 1968-09-15 |
All's Well That Ends Well as Widow | 1968-03-06 |