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

  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • 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

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • The Expert

    The Expert

  • Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

  • Jeeves and Wooster

    Jeeves and Wooster

  • 3 Into 2 Won't Go

    3 Into 2 Won't Go

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Watching

    Watching

  • Shine on Harvey Moon

    Shine on Harvey Moon

  • Our Winnie

    Our Winnie

  • The Dybbuk

    The Dybbuk

  • The Cause

    The Cause

  • Parker

    Parker

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Lady Chatterley's Lover

  • Paradise Road

    Paradise Road

  • Impromptu

    Impromptu

  • The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

    The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Wives and Daughters

    Wives and Daughters

  • Love Soup

    Love Soup

  • Middlemarch

    Middlemarch

  • Fox

    Fox

  • Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

  • Sakharov

    Sakharov

  • The Last Vampyre

    The Last Vampyre

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

  • The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

  • Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

    Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

  • A Pinch of Snuff

    A Pinch of Snuff

  • Shackleton

    Shackleton

  • Spider's Web

    Spider's Web

  • The Barber of Siberia

    The Barber of Siberia

  • The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

    The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

  • Richard's Things

    Richard's Things

  • Takin' Over the Asylum

    Takin' Over the Asylum

  • Able's Will

    Able's Will

  • Survival of the Fittest

    Survival of the Fittest

  • The Old Devils

    The Old Devils

  • Is Anybody There?

    Is Anybody There?

  • The Cold Room

    The Cold Room

  • Fox

    Fox

  • The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

    The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

  • The Snow Queen's Revenge

    The Snow Queen's Revenge

  • Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

  • The Hour of the Pig

    The Hour of the Pig

  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

  • The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

  • Rust

    Rust

  • Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

  • For My Baby

    For My Baby

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

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

  • Those Glory Glory Days

    Those Glory Glory Days

  • Work Is a 4-Letter Word

    Work Is a 4-Letter Word

  • Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

  • A Kind of Living

    A Kind of Living

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • Anglo Saxon Attitudes

    Anglo Saxon Attitudes

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

    Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

  • Young Charlie Chaplin

    Young Charlie Chaplin

  • Objects of Affection

    Objects of Affection

  • The Glittering Prizes

    The Glittering Prizes

  • Nice Guy Eddie

    Nice Guy Eddie

  • The Royal

    The Royal

  • Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

    Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

  • Simon and the Witch

    Simon and the Witch

  • Leeds United!

    Leeds United!

  • The Sleeper

    The Sleeper

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • James Ellis: An Actor's Life

    James Ellis: An Actor's Life

  • An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

    An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

  • Fothergill

    Fothergill

  • The Enigma

    The Enigma

  • The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

    The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

  • Love Letters on Blue Paper

    Love Letters on Blue Paper