Elizabeth Spriggs
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).
TV Shows(30)
Jericho
Ellen Jericho
Love Soup
Penny's Mother (voice)
The Royal
Dolly Smith
Nice Guy Eddie
Vera McMullen
Shackleton
Janet Stancombe Wills
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Wives and Daughters
Mrs Goodenough
Midsomer Murders
Iris Rainbird
Midsomer Murders
Ursula Gooding
Takin' Over the Asylum
Grandma
Middlemarch
Mrs. Cadwallader
Martin Chuzzlewit
Mrs Gamp
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Schultz
Heartbeat
Rene Kirby
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Inge Middleton
Heartbeat
Mrs. Andrews
Soldier Soldier
Mrs. Henwood
Performance
Mistress Quickly
Jeeves and Wooster
Aunt Agatha
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
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