Personal Info
Known Credits
50
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1929-09-18 (96 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Also Known For
Elizabeth Jean WilliamsElisabeth SpriggsElizabeth Jean Spriggs-MansonЕлізабет Спріггс
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 film ...
Known For
Acting
2009 --
Is Anybody There?
| Prudence
2007 --
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
| Herself
2004 --
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
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2002 --
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
| Schultz
2001 --
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
| The Fat Lady
2000 --
The Sleeper
| Cath
2000 --
For My Baby
| Olga Jenikova
1999 --
A Christmas Carol
| Mrs Riggs
1999 --
Alice in Wonderland
| Duchess
1998 --
The Barber of Siberia
| Perepiolkina
1997 --
Paradise Road
| Mrs. Roberts
1996 --
The Secret Agent
| Winnie's Mother
1996 --
The Snow Queen's Revenge
| Brenda (voice)
1995 --
Sense and Sensibility
| Mrs. Jennings
1994 --
A Pinch of Snuff
| Annabelle Andover
1993 --
The Hour of the Pig
| Madame Langlois
1993 --
The Last Vampyre
| Eileen Mason
1992 --
The Old Devils
| Dorothy Morgan
1991 --
Impromptu
| Baroness Laginsky
1990 --
Survival of the Fittest
| Eileen Blackett
1987 --
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
| Tabby
1987 --
The Devil's Disciple
| Mrs. Dudgeon
1985 --
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
| Evelyn Smith
1985 --
Parker
| Mrs. Epps
1984 --
Sakharov
| Nobel Presenter
1984 --
The Cold Room
| Frau Hoffman
1983 --
Those Glory Glory Days
| School Mistress
1982 --
The Merry Wives of Windsor
| Mistress Quickly
1982 --
Spider's Web
| Mildred Peake
1982 --
Our Winnie
| Cora
1982 --
Intensive Care
| Alice Duckworth
1982 --
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
| Mrs. Palmer
1982 --
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
| Miss Markland
1981 --
Lady Chatterley's Lover
| Lady Eva
1981 --
The Cause
| Olive James
1981 --
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
| Mrs Radcliffe
1981 --
Fothergill
| Middle Class Woman
1980 --
Richard's Things
| Mrs. Sells
1980 --
Fox
| Connie Fox
1980 --
The Dybbuk
| Frade
1980 --
The Enigma
| Miss Parsons
1979 --
Julius Caesar
| Calphurnia
1979 --
Afternoon Off
| Miss Beckinsale
1977 --
Able's Will
| Sarah
1976 --
Love Letters on Blue Paper
| Sonia Marsden
1974 --
Leeds United!
| Maggie
1973 --
Rust
| Eleanor Hawkes
1969 --
3 Into 2 Won't Go
| Marcia
1968 --
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
| Mrs Murray
1968 --
All's Well That Ends Well
| Widow