Elizabeth Spriggs
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1929-09-18 – 2008-07-02
Place of birth: Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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
Sakharov
1984Nobel Presenter
The Dybbuk
1980Frade
Survival of the Fittest
1990Eileen Blackett
The Secret Agent
1996Winnie's Mother
For My Baby
2000Olga Jenikova
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969Marcia
Julius Caesar
1979Calphurnia
The Barber of Siberia
1998Perepiolkina
Sense and Sensibility
1995Mrs. Jennings
Leeds United!
1974Maggie
The Last Vampyre
1993Eileen Mason
Intensive Care
1982Alice Duckworth
Afternoon Off
1979Miss Beckinsale
Alice in Wonderland
1999Duchess
Paradise Road
1997Mrs. Roberts
Richard's Things
1980Mrs. Sells
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004Rust
1973Eleanor Hawkes