Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
Born: 1929-09-18 in 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).
Known For
Midsomer Murders
Iris Rainbird
Midsomer Murders
Ursula Gooding
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Leadbetter
Play for Today
Sonia Marsden
Play for Today
Olive James
Play for Today
Maggie
Play for Today
Alice Duckworth
Doctor Who
Maddy
Doctor Who
Tabby
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
Casualty
Barbara Thomas
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Mistress Quickly
Sherlock Holmes
Mrs Mason
Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Trask
BBC Play of the Month
Maud Lowder
Heartbeat
Rene Kirby
Heartbeat
Mrs. Andrews
Bergerac
Mary Lou Costain
Tales of the Unexpected
Aunt May
Tales of the Unexpected
Martha
Playhouse
Miss Parsons
Playhouse
Middle-Class Woman
Playhouse
Mrs. Radcliffe
Theatre 625
Performance
Mistress Quickly
Soldier Soldier
Mrs. Henwood
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Schultz
Jeeves and Wooster
Aunt Agatha
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Eva Peterlee
Screen One
Eileen Blackett
Lovejoy
Daphne Shotley
Shackleton
Janet Stancombe Wills
Wives and Daughters
Mrs Goodenough
The Expert
Mrs. Kyneston
Watching
Aunty Peggy
Love Soup
Penny's Mother (voice)
BBC2 Play of the Week
Sarah
Middlemarch
Mrs. Cadwallader