Elizabeth Spriggs

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

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

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • 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

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Bergerac

    Bergerac

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Playhouse

    Playhouse

  • Soldier Soldier

    Soldier Soldier

  • Performance

    Performance

  • Jeeves and Wooster

    Jeeves and Wooster

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

  • The Expert

    The Expert

  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

    The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

  • BBC2 Play of the Week

    BBC2 Play of the Week

  • Festival

    Festival

  • Shine on Harvey Moon

    Shine on Harvey Moon

  • Sense and Sensibility

    Sense and Sensibility

  • Survival of the Fittest

    Survival of the Fittest

  • Middlemarch

    Middlemarch

  • Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

    Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

  • The Barber of Siberia

    The Barber of Siberia

  • Intensive Care

    Intensive Care

  • Watching

    Watching

  • The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

    The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

  • Black and Blue

    Black and Blue

  • A Christmas Carol

    A Christmas Carol

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

  • The Enigma

    The Enigma

  • The Dybbuk

    The Dybbuk

  • The Cold Room

    The Cold Room

  • The Last Vampyre

    The Last Vampyre

  • Alice in Wonderland

    Alice in Wonderland

  • Wives and Daughters

    Wives and Daughters

  • Love Soup

    Love Soup

  • Is Anybody There?

    Is Anybody There?

  • Lady Chatterley's Lover

    Lady Chatterley's Lover

  • Rust

    Rust

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Fox

    Fox

  • Anglo Saxon Attitudes

    Anglo Saxon Attitudes

  • Shackleton

    Shackleton

  • The Cause

    The Cause

  • Parker

    Parker

  • Harry Potter and the Deathly Weapons

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Weapons

  • Martin Chuzzlewit

    Martin Chuzzlewit

  • Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

    Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

  • Richard's Things

    Richard's Things

  • Takin' Over the Asylum

    Takin' Over the Asylum

  • Able's Will

    Able's Will

  • 3 Into 2 Won't Go

    3 Into 2 Won't Go

  • Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar

  • A Pinch of Snuff

    A Pinch of Snuff

  • Objects of Affection

    Objects of Affection

  • Victorian Scandals

    Victorian Scandals

  • The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

    The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

  • The Old Devils

    The Old Devils

  • Fox

    Fox

  • Paradise Road

    Paradise Road

  • For My Baby

    For My Baby

  • Those Glory Glory Days

    Those Glory Glory Days

  • Time for Murder

    Time for Murder

  • Spider's Web

    Spider's Web

  • The Sleeper

    The Sleeper

  • The Glittering Prizes

    The Glittering Prizes

  • Sakharov

    Sakharov

  • The Hour of the Pig

    The Hour of the Pig

  • Young Charlie Chaplin

    Young Charlie Chaplin

  • The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

    The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

  • Our Winnie

    Our Winnie

  • James Ellis: An Actor's Life

    James Ellis: An Actor's Life

  • The Royal

    The Royal

  • Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off

  • Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

    Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

  • Work Is a 4-Letter Word

    Work Is a 4-Letter Word

  • A Kind of Living

    A Kind of Living

  • The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

  • The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

  • All's Well That Ends Well

    All's Well That Ends Well

  • Impromptu

    Impromptu

  • Nice Guy Eddie

    Nice Guy Eddie

  • Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

    Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

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

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

  • Simon and the Witch

    Simon and the Witch

  • Leeds United!

    Leeds United!

  • The Snow Queen's Revenge

    The Snow Queen's Revenge

  • The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

    The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

  • An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

    An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

  • Fothergill

    Fothergill

  • Love Letters on Blue Paper

    Love Letters on Blue Paper