Elizabeth Spriggs
Actor
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
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings 1995
Alice in Wonderland
as Duchess 1999
A Christmas Carol
as Mrs. Riggs 1999
The Barber of Siberia
as Perepiolkina 1998
Paradise Road
as Mrs. Roberts 1997
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva 1981
Is Anybody There?
as Prudence 2009
Impromptu
as Baroness Laginsky 1991
The Secret Agent
as Winnie's Mother 1996
The Hour of the Pig
as Madame Langlois 1993
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Schultz 1999
The Last Vampyre
as Eileen Mason 1993
The Snow Queen's Revenge
as Brenda (voice) 1996
Richard's Things
as Mrs. Sells 1980
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
as Miss Markland 1982
Those Glory Glory Days
as School Mistress 1983