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

Casualty

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Play for Today

All Movies (50)

Is Anybody There?2009 · as Prudence
James Ellis: An Actor's Life2007 · as Herself
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001 · as The Fat Lady
The Sleeper2000 · as Cath
For My Baby2000 · as Olga Jenikova
A Christmas Carol1999 · as Mrs. Riggs
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service1999 · as Schultz
Alice in Wonderland1999 · as Duchess
The Barber of Siberia1998 · as Perepiolkina
Paradise Road1997 · as Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent1996 · as Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge1996 · as Brenda (voice)
Sense and Sensibility1995 · as Mrs. Jennings
A Pinch of Snuff1994 · as Annabelle Andover
The Hour of the Pig1993 · as Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre1993 · as Eileen Mason
The Old Devils1992 · as Dorothy Morgan
Impromptu1991 · as Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest1990 · as Eileen Blackett
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers1987 · as Tabby
The Devil's Disciple1987 · as Mrs. Dudgeon
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas1985 · as Evelyn Smith
Parker1985 · as Mrs. Epps
Sakharov1984 · as Nobel Presenter
The Cold Room1984 · as Frau Hoffman
Those Glory Glory Days1983 · as School Mistress
The Merry Wives of Windsor1982 · as Mistress Quickly
Spider's Web1982 · as Mildred Peake
Our Winnie1982 · as Cora
Intensive Care1982 · as Alice Duckworth
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer1982 · as Mrs. Palmer
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman1982 · as Miss Markland
Lady Chatterley's Lover1981 · as Lady Eva
The Cause1981 · as Olive James
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe1981 · as Mrs Radcliffe
Fothergill1981 · as Middle Class Woman
Richard's Things1980 · as Mrs. Sells
Fox1980 · as Connie Fox
The Dybbuk1980 · as Frade
The Enigma1980 · as Miss Parsons
Julius Caesar1979 · as Calphurnia
Afternoon Off1979 · as Miss Beckinsale
Able's Will1977 · as Sarah
Love Letters on Blue Paper1976 · as Sonia Marsden
Leeds United!1974 · as Maggie
Rust1973 · as Eleanor Hawkes
3 Into 2 Won't Go1969 · as Marcia
Work Is a 4-Letter Word1968 · as Mrs Murray
All's Well That Ends Well1968 · as Widow

All TV Shows (58)

Jericho2005 · as Ellen Jericho
Love Soup2005 · as Penny's Mother (voice)
The Royal2003 · as Dolly Smith
Nice Guy Eddie2002 · as Vera McMullen
Shackleton2002 · as Janet Stancombe Wills
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)2000
Wives and Daughters1999 · as Mrs Goodenough
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Iris Rainbird
Midsomer Murders1997 · as Ursula Gooding
Martin Chuzzlewit1994 · as Mrs Gamp
Takin' Over the Asylum1994 · as Grandma
Middlemarch1994 · as Mrs. Cadwallader
Anglo Saxon Attitudes1992 · as Inge Middleton
Heartbeat1992 · as Rene Kirby
Heartbeat1992 · as Mrs. Andrews
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992 · as Schultz
Performance1991 · as Mistress Quickly
Soldier Soldier1991 · as Mrs. Henwood
Jeeves and Wooster1990 · as Aunt Agatha
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit1990 · as May
Screen One1989 · as Eileen Blackett
Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Mrs. Trask
Young Charlie Chaplin1989 · as Madge Kendal
Young Charlie Chaplin1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot1989 · as Mrs. Leadbetter
Simon and the Witch1987 · as The Witch
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries1987 · as Eva Peterlee
Watching1987 · as Aunty Peggy
Casualty1986 · as Barbara Thomas
Lovejoy1986 · as Daphne Shotley
Time for Murder1985 · as Evelyn Smith
Theatre Night1985 · as Mrs. Dudgeon
Sherlock Holmes1984 · as Mrs Mason
Objects of Affection1982 · as Cora
Shine on Harvey Moon1982 · as Nan
Bergerac1981 · as Mary Lou Costain
Cribb1980 · as Mrs Gurney
Fox1980 · as Connie Fox
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Aunt May
Tales of the Unexpected1979 · as Martha
The BBC Television Shakespeare1978 · as Mistress Quickly
BBC2 Play of the Week1977 · as Sarah
Victorian Scandals1976 · as Hannah Cullwick
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac1975
Playhouse1974 · as Miss Parsons
Playhouse1974 · as Middle-Class Woman
Playhouse1974 · as Mrs. Radcliffe
Second City Firsts1973 · as Zena Pool
Black and Blue1973 · as Eleanor Hawkes
Play for Today1970 · as Sonia Marsden
Play for Today1970 · as Olive James
Play for Today1970 · as Maggie
Play for Today1970 · as Alice Duckworth
The Expert1968 · as Mrs. Kyneston
BBC Play of the Month1965 · as Maud Lowder
Theatre 6251964
Doctor Who1963 · as Maddy
Festival1963 · as Lampito