Person

Elizabeth Spriggs

Acting · 1929–2008 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

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).

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  Midsomer Murders

  Iris Rainbird

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  Play for Today

  Sonia Marsden

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  Agatha Christie's Poirot

  Mrs. Leadbetter

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  Doctor Who

  Maddy

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  Casualty

  Barbara Thomas

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  Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

  The Fat Lady

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  Heartbeat

  Rene Kirby

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  Theatre 625

  1964

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  Sherlock Holmes

  Mrs Mason

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  BBC Play of the Month

  Maud Lowder

• 2009Is Anybody There?Prudence
• 2007James Ellis: An Actor's LifeHerself
• 2005JerichoEllen Jericho
• 2005Love SoupPenny's Mother (voice)
• 2004The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
• 2003The RoyalDolly Smith
• 2002Nice Guy EddieVera McMullen
• 2002ShackletonJanet Stancombe Wills
• 2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe Fat Lady
• 2000The SleeperCath
• 2000For My BabyOlga Jenikova
• 2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
• 1999A Christmas CarolMrs. Riggs
• 1999Wives and DaughtersMrs Goodenough
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceSchultz
• 1999Alice in WonderlandDuchess
• 1998The Barber of SiberiaPerepiolkina
• 1997Midsomer MurdersIris Rainbird
• 1997Paradise RoadMrs. Roberts
• 1996The Secret AgentWinnie's Mother
• 1996The Snow Queen's RevengeBrenda (voice)
• 1995Sense and SensibilityMrs. Jennings
• 1994Martin ChuzzlewitMrs Gamp
• 1994Takin' Over the AsylumGrandma
• 1994A Pinch of SnuffAnnabelle Andover
• 1994MiddlemarchMrs. Cadwallader
• 1993The Hour of the PigMadame Langlois
• 1993The Last VampyreEileen Mason
• 1992Anglo Saxon AttitudesInge Middleton
• 1992HeartbeatRene Kirby
• 1992The Old DevilsDorothy Morgan
• 1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSchultz
• 1991PerformanceMistress Quickly
• 1991Soldier SoldierMrs. Henwood
• 1991ImpromptuBaroness Laginsky
• 1990Survival of the FittestEileen Blackett
• 1990Jeeves and WoosterAunt Agatha
• 1990Oranges Are Not the Only FruitMay
• 1989Screen OneEileen Blackett
• 1989Tales from the CryptMrs. Trask
• 1989Young Charlie ChaplinMadge Kendal
• 1989Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. Leadbetter
• 1987Simon and the WitchThe Witch
• 1987Doctor Who: Paradise TowersTabby
• 1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesEva Peterlee
• 1987WatchingAunty Peggy
• 1987The Devil's DiscipleMrs. Dudgeon
• 1986CasualtyBarbara Thomas
• 1986LovejoyDaphne Shotley
• 1985The Thirteenth Day of ChristmasEvelyn Smith
• 1985Time for MurderEvelyn Smith
• 1985Theatre NightMrs. Dudgeon
• 1985ParkerMrs. Epps
• 1984SakharovNobel Presenter
• 1984Sherlock HolmesMrs Mason
• 1984The Cold RoomFrau Hoffman
• 1983Those Glory Glory DaysSchool Mistress
• 1982The Merry Wives of WindsorMistress Quickly
• 1982Spider's WebMildred Peake
• 1982Our WinnieCora
• 1982Objects of AffectionCora
• 1982Intensive CareAlice Duckworth
• 1982The Haunting of Cassie PalmerMrs. Palmer
• 1982An Unsuitable Job for a WomanMiss Markland
• 1982Shine on Harvey MoonNan
• 1981BergeracMary Lou Costain
• 1981Lady Chatterley's LoverLady Eva
• 1981The CauseOlive James
• 1981The Kindness of Mrs RadcliffeMrs Radcliffe
• 1981FothergillMiddle Class Woman
• 1980Richard's ThingsMrs. Sells
• 1980CribbMrs Gurney
• 1980FoxConnie Fox
• 1980FoxConnie Fox
• 1980The DybbukFrade
• 1980The EnigmaMiss Parsons
• 1979Tales of the UnexpectedAunt May
• 1979Julius CaesarCalphurnia
• 1979Afternoon OffMiss Beckinsale
• 1978The BBC Television ShakespeareMistress Quickly
• 1977Able's WillSarah
• 1977BBC2 Play of the WeekSarah
• 1976Victorian ScandalsHannah Cullwick
• 1976Love Letters on Blue PaperSonia Marsden
• 1975Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
• 1974Leeds United!Maggie
• 1974PlayhouseMiss Parsons
• 1973Second City FirstsZena Pool
• 1973RustEleanor Hawkes
• 1973Black and BlueEleanor Hawkes
• 1970Play for TodaySonia Marsden
• 19693 Into 2 Won't GoMarcia
• 1968Work Is a 4-Letter WordMrs Murray
• 1968The ExpertMrs. Kyneston
• 1968All's Well That Ends WellWidow
• 1965BBC Play of the MonthMaud Lowder
• 1964Theatre 625
• 1963Doctor WhoMaddy
• 1963FestivalLampito
• 1956Armchair TheatreWriter