Acting
Elizabeth Spriggs
Also Known As: Elizabeth Jean Williams, Elisabeth Spriggs, Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson
Birth Date
September 18, 1929
Death Date
July 2, 2008
(passed away at 78)
Place of Birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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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).
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Midsomer Murders
Iris Rainbird
1997 • 1 episode
Play for Today
Sonia Marsden
1970 • 1 episode
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Leadbetter
1989 • 1 episode
Doctor Who
Maddy
1963
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
2001
Casualty
Barbara Thomas
1986 • 1 episode
Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Trask
1989 • 1 episode
BBC Play of the Month
Maud Lowder
1965 • 1 episode
Sherlock Holmes
Mrs Mason
1984 • 1 episode
Heartbeat
Rene Kirby
1992 • 1 episode
Tales of the Unexpected
Aunt May
1979 • 1 episode
Bergerac
Mary Lou Costain
1981 • 1 episode
Performance
Mistress Quickly
1991 • 1 episode
Playhouse
Miss Parsons
1974 • 1 episode
Soldier Soldier
Mrs. Henwood
1991 • 1 episode
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Eva Peterlee
1987 • 1 episode
Theatre 625
1964 • 1 episode
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
1995
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Schultz
1992 • 1 episode
Jeeves and Wooster
Aunt Agatha
1990 • 2 episodes