Actor
Elizabeth Spriggs
Born 1929 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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).
Acting
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady · 2001
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings · 1995
Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Trask · 1989
Doctor Who
Maddy · 1963
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Leadbetter · 1989
Sherlock Holmes
Mrs Mason · 1984
Midsomer Murders
Iris Rainbird · 1997
Jeeves and Wooster
Aunt Agatha · 1990
A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Riggs · 1999
Alice in Wonderland
Duchess · 1999
The Barber of Siberia
Perepiolkina · 1998
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Schultz · 1992
Lovejoy
Daphne Shotley · 1986
Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts · 1997
Takin' Over the Asylum
Grandma · 1994
Wives and Daughters
Mrs Goodenough · 1999
Casualty
Barbara Thomas · 1986
Is Anybody There?
Prudence · 2009
Shackleton
Janet Stancombe Wills · 2002
Tales of the Unexpected
Aunt May · 1979
Heartbeat
Rene Kirby · 1992
Impromptu
Baroness Laginsky · 1991
Middlemarch
Mrs. Cadwallader · 1994
The Last Vampyre
Eileen Mason · 1993
