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Elizabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

ActingBorn September 18, 1929Died July 2, 2008 (age 78)Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

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).

Filmography

2009Movie
2007Movie
2005
Jericho

as Ellen Jericho

TV
2005
Love Soup

as Penny's Mother (voice)

TV
2003
The Royal

as Dolly Smith

TV
2002
Nice Guy Eddie

as Vera McMullen

TV
2002
Shackleton

as Janet Stancombe Wills

TV
2000Movie
2000
For My Baby

as Olga Jenikova

Movie
1999
A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Riggs

Movie
1999
Wives and Daughters

as Mrs Goodenough

TV
1999Movie
1998
The Barber of Siberia

as Perepiolkina

Movie
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Iris Rainbird

TV
1997
Midsomer Murders

as Ursula Gooding

TV
1997
Paradise Road

as Mrs. Roberts

Movie
1996
The Secret Agent

as Winnie's Mother

Movie
1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge

as Brenda (voice)

Movie
1995
Sense and Sensibility

as Mrs. Jennings

Movie
1994TV
1994TV
1994
A Pinch of Snuff

as Annabelle Andover

Movie
1994
Middlemarch

as Mrs. Cadwallader

TV
1993
The Hour of the Pig

as Madame Langlois

Movie
1993
The Last Vampyre

as Eileen Mason

Movie
1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes

as Inge Middleton

TV
1992
Heartbeat

as Rene Kirby

TV
1992
Heartbeat

as Mrs. Andrews

TV
1992
The Old Devils

as Dorothy Morgan

Movie
1991
Performance

as Mistress Quickly

TV
1991
Soldier Soldier

as Mrs. Henwood

TV
1991
Impromptu

as Baroness Laginsky

Movie
1990
Survival of the Fittest

as Eileen Blackett

Movie
1990
Jeeves and Wooster

as Aunt Agatha

TV
1989
Screen One

as Eileen Blackett

TV
1989TV
1989
Young Charlie Chaplin

as Madge Kendal

TV
1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs. Leadbetter

TV
1987TV
1987TV
1987
Watching

as Aunty Peggy

TV
1987
The Devil's Disciple

as Mrs. Dudgeon

Movie
1986
Casualty

as Barbara Thomas

TV
1986
Lovejoy

as Daphne Shotley

TV
1985Movie
1985
Time for Murder

as Evelyn Smith

TV
1985
Theatre Night

as Mrs. Dudgeon

TV
1985
Parker

as Mrs. Epps

Movie
1984
Sakharov

as Nobel Presenter

Movie
1984
Sherlock Holmes

as Mrs Mason

TV
1984
The Cold Room

as Frau Hoffman

Movie
1983
Those Glory Glory Days

as School Mistress

Movie
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Mistress Quickly

Movie
1982
Spider's Web

as Mildred Peake

Movie
1982
Our Winnie

as Cora

Movie
1982
Intensive Care

as Alice Duckworth

Movie
1982Movie
1982Movie
1981
Bergerac

as Mary Lou Costain

TV
1981Movie
1981
The Cause

as Olive James

Movie
1981Movie
1981
Fothergill

as Middle Class Woman

Movie
1980
Richard's Things

as Mrs. Sells

Movie
1980
Cribb

as Mrs Gurney

TV
1980
Fox

as Connie Fox

Movie
1980
Fox

as Connie Fox

TV
1980
The Dybbuk

as Frade

Movie
1980
The Enigma

as Miss Parsons

Movie
1979TV
1979
Julius Caesar

as Calphurnia

Movie
1979
Afternoon Off

as Miss Beckinsale

Movie
1978TV
1977
Able's Will

as Sarah

Movie
1977TV
1976
Victorian Scandals

as Hannah Cullwick

TV
1976Movie
1974
Leeds United!

as Maggie

Movie
1974
Playhouse

as Miss Parsons

TV
1974
Playhouse

as Middle-Class Woman

TV
1974
Playhouse

as Mrs. Radcliffe

TV
1973
Second City Firsts

as Zena Pool

TV
1973
Rust

as Eleanor Hawkes

Movie
1973
Black and Blue

as Eleanor Hawkes

TV
1970
Play for Today

as Sonia Marsden

TV
1970
Play for Today

as Olive James

TV
1970TV
1970
Play for Today

as Alice Duckworth

TV
1969Movie
1968Movie
1968
The Expert

as Mrs. Kyneston

TV
1968Movie
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Maud Lowder

TV
1963
Doctor Who

as Maddy

TV
1963
Festival

as Lampito

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdaySeptember 18, 1929
Day of DeathJuly 2, 2008
Place of BirthBuxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Popularity0.9
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