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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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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

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Doctor Who

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Play for Today

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Playhouse

Heartbeat

Sherlock Holmes

BBC Play of the Month

Tales of the Unexpected

Bergerac

Tales from the Crypt

Theatre 625

Soldier Soldier

Jeeves and Wooster

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Lovejoy

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

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