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).
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1929-09-18
Place of birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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Cast
Sakharov
1984
7.00
The Dybbuk
1980
0.00
Survival of the Fittest
1990
0.00
The Secret Agent
1996
5.40
For My Baby
2000
1.50
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
5.00
Julius Caesar
1979
8.50
The Barber of Siberia
1998
7.09
Sense and Sensibility
1995
7.42
Leeds United!
1974
0.00
The Last Vampyre
1993
6.90
Intensive Care
1982
0.00
Afternoon Off
1979
0.00
Paradise Road
1997
6.40
Alice in Wonderland
1999
6.20
Richard's Things
1980
5.00
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
5.60
Rust
1973
0.00
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
5.40
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
0.00
Fox
1980
1.00
Is Anybody There?
2009
6.25
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
4.60
Spider's Web
1982
7.40
A Christmas Carol
1999
6.90
Parker
1985
5.30
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985
0.00
Impromptu
1991
6.05
The Hour of the Pig
1993
6.20
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
3.00
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
5.20
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
0.00
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
8.00
The Devil's Disciple
1987
6.00
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007
0.00
The Sleeper
2000
4.00
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976
0.00
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982
0.00
The Cause
1981
0.00
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
6.50
The Cold Room
1984
4.75
The Old Devils
1992
0.00
Our Winnie
1982
0.00
The Enigma
1980
0.00
Fothergill
1981
0.00
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
0.00
Able's Will
1977
0.00
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
5.41