Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
Born September 18, 1929 · 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 P…
Known For · 40 titles
Midsomer Murders
Play for Today
Doctor Who
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Casualty
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Heartbeat
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre 625
Sherlock Holmes
Playhouse
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales from the Crypt
Martin Chuzzlewit
Bergerac
BBC2 Play of the Week
Lovejoy
Performance
Soldier Soldier
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Jeeves and Wooster
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
The Expert
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Festival
Screen One
Sense and Sensibility
Shine on Harvey Moon
Watching
Second City Firsts
Wives and Daughters
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Love Soup
Middlemarch
Fox
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Theatre Night
Shackleton
Alice in Wonderland
Black and Blue