Elizabeth Spriggs
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).
Known for
2009Is Anybody There?
Prudence
2007James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Herself
2004The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
2000For My Baby
Olga Jenikova
2000The Sleeper
Cath
1999Alice in Wonderland
Duchess
1999A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Riggs
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Schultz
1998The Barber of Siberia
Perepiolkina
1997Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts
1996The Secret Agent
Winnie's Mother
1996The Snow Queen's Revenge
Brenda (voice)
1995Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
1994A Pinch of Snuff
Annabelle Andover
1993The Last Vampyre
Eileen Mason
1993The Hour of the Pig
Madame Langlois
1992The Old Devils
Dorothy Morgan
1991Impromptu
Baroness Laginsky
1990Survival of the Fittest
Eileen Blackett
1987The Devil's Disciple
Mrs. Dudgeon
1987Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Tabby
1985Parker
Mrs. Epps
1984Sakharov
Nobel Presenter