Elizabeth Spriggs

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

September 18, 1929

Died

July 2, 2008 (78 years old)

Place of Birth

Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Also Known As

Elizabeth Jean Williams
Elisabeth Spriggs
Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson
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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

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

1995

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

1963

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1999

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

1997

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

1984

Acting