Elizabeth Spriggs
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
ActingBirthday
September 18, 1929Deathday
July 2, 2008Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
44Place of birth
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UKAlso known as
Elizabeth Jean Williams, Elisabeth Spriggs, Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson
Cast credits
For My Baby
Olga Jenikova
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Marcia
Julius Caesar
Calphurnia
The Barber of Siberia
Perepiolkina
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
Leeds United!
Maggie
The Last Vampyre
Eileen Mason
Afternoon Off
Miss Beckinsale
Alice in Wonderland
Duchess
Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts
Richard's Things
Mrs. Sells
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Eva
Is Anybody There?
Prudence
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
Those Glory Glory Days
School Mistress
Spider's Web
Mildred Peake
A Christmas Carol
Mrs Riggs
Parker
Mrs. EppsImages
