Elizabeth Spriggs

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

105

Gender

Female

Birthday

1929-09-18

Day of death

2008-07-02 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

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).

Known For

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Agatha Christie's Poirot

    Agatha Christie's Poirot

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Bergerac

    Bergerac

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Impromptu

    Impromptu

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

  • Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

  • Jeeves and Wooster

    Jeeves and Wooster

  • For My Baby

    For My Baby

  • The Expert

    The Expert

  • Parker

    Parker

  • Fox

    Fox

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Our Winnie

    Our Winnie

  • Wives and Daughters

    Wives and Daughters

  • Paradise Road

    Paradise Road

  • Sakharov

    Sakharov

  • Richard's Things

    Richard's Things

  • Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

    Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Shine on Harvey Moon

    Shine on Harvey Moon

  • Fox

    Fox

  • Able's Will

    Able's Will

  • The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

  • Middlemarch

    Middlemarch

  • Love Soup

    Love Soup

  • Watching

    Watching

  • Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

    Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • Takin' Over the Asylum

    Takin' Over the Asylum

  • Those Glory Glory Days

    Those Glory Glory Days

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

  • Shackleton

    Shackleton

  • The Barber of Siberia

    The Barber of Siberia

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Lady Chatterley's Lover

  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

  • Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

  • Rust

    Rust

  • The Hour of the Pig

    The Hour of the Pig

  • Simon and the Witch

    Simon and the Witch

  • Objects of Affection

    Objects of Affection

  • Anglo Saxon Attitudes

    Anglo Saxon Attitudes

  • Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • Young Charlie Chaplin

    Young Charlie Chaplin

  • Young Charlie Chaplin

    Young Charlie Chaplin

  • The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

  • The Glittering Prizes

    The Glittering Prizes

  • Is Anybody There?

    Is Anybody There?

  • The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

    The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

  • Nice Guy Eddie

    Nice Guy Eddie

  • The Sleeper

    The Sleeper

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • The Royal

    The Royal

  • The Last Vampyre

    The Last Vampyre

  • Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

    Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

  • The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

    The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

  • The Cold Room

    The Cold Room

  • Survival of the Fittest

    Survival of the Fittest

  • The Snow Queen's Revenge

    The Snow Queen's Revenge

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

  • The Old Devils

    The Old Devils

  • Spider's Web

    Spider's Web

  • The Enigma

    The Enigma

  • James Ellis: An Actor's Life

    James Ellis: An Actor's Life

  • Work Is a 4-Letter Word

    Work Is a 4-Letter Word

  • 3 Into 2 Won't Go

    3 Into 2 Won't Go

  • An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

    An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

  • Love Letters on Blue Paper

    Love Letters on Blue Paper

  • Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

  • A Pinch of Snuff

    A Pinch of Snuff

  • The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

    The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

  • The Cause

    The Cause

  • Leeds United!

    Leeds United!

  • Fothergill

    Fothergill

  • The Dybbuk

    The Dybbuk

  • The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

    The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

  • All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well