Elizabeth Spriggs

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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Known For

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Iris Rainbird

Midsomer Murders

1997 • as Ursula Gooding

Doctor Who

1963 • as Maddy

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989 • as Mrs. Leadbetter

Play for Today

1970 • as Sonia Marsden

Play for Today

1970 • as Olive James

Filmography

2009

Is Anybody There?

as Prudence

Movie - Released: 4/17/2009

2007

James Ellis: An Actor's Life

as Herself

Movie - Released: 7/2/2007

2005

Jericho

as Ellen Jericho

TV - Released: 10/16/2005

Love Soup

as Penny's Mother (voice)

TV - Released: 9/27/2005

2004

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

Movie - Released: 12/25/2004

2003

The Royal

as Dolly Smith

TV - Released: 1/19/2003

2002

Nice Guy Eddie

as Vera McMullen

TV - Released: 6/16/2002

Shackleton

as Janet Stancombe Wills

TV - Released: 1/2/2002

2001

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

as The Fat Lady

Movie - Released: 11/16/2001

2000

For My Baby

as Olga Jenikova

Movie - Released: 10/19/2000

The Sleeper

as Cath

Movie - Released: 12/26/2000

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

TV - Released: 3/18/2000

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as Duchess

Movie - Released: 2/28/1999

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs Riggs

Movie - Released: 12/5/1999

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

as Schultz

Movie - Released: 10/26/1999

Wives and Daughters

as Mrs. Goodenough

TV - Released: 11/28/1999

1998

The Barber of Siberia

as Perepiolkina

Movie - Released: 11/11/1998

1997

Paradise Road

as Mrs. Roberts

Movie - Released: 2/11/1997

Midsomer Murders

as Iris Rainbird

TV - Released: 3/23/1997

Midsomer Murders

as Ursula Gooding

TV - Released: 3/23/1997

1996

The Secret Agent

as Winnie's Mother

Movie - Released: 11/8/1996

The Snow Queen's Revenge

as Brenda (voice)

Movie - Released: 1/1/1996

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Mrs. Jennings

Movie - Released: 12/13/1995

1994

A Pinch of Snuff

as Annabelle Andover

Movie - Released: 4/9/1994

Takin' Over the Asylum

as Grandma

TV - Released: 9/27/1994

Class Act

as Harriet Mainwaring

TV - Released: 4/7/1994

Martin Chuzzlewit

as Mrs. Gamp

TV - Released: 11/7/1994

Middlemarch

as Mrs. Cadwallader

TV - Released: 4/10/1994

1993

The Last Vampyre

as Eileen Mason

Movie - Released: 3/14/1993

The Hour of the Pig

as Madame Langlois

Movie - Released: 9/25/1993

1992

The Old Devils

as Dorothy Morgan

Movie - Released: 3/16/1992

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

as Schultz

TV - Released: 3/4/1992

Heartbeat

as Rene Kirby

TV - Released: 4/10/1992

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

as Inge Middleton

TV - Released: 5/12/1992

Heartbeat

as Mrs. Andrews

TV - Released: 4/10/1992

1991

Impromptu

as Baroness Laginsky

Movie - Released: 4/12/1991

Soldier Soldier

as Mrs. Henwood

TV - Released: 6/10/1991

1990

Survival of the Fittest

as Eileen Blackett

Movie - Released: 10/21/1990

Jeeves and Wooster

as Aunt Agatha

TV - Released: 4/22/1990

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

as May

TV - Released: 1/10/1990

1989

Tales from the Crypt

as Mrs. Trask

TV - Released: 6/10/1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot

as Mrs. Leadbetter

TV - Released: 1/8/1989

Young Charlie Chaplin

as Madge Kendal

TV - Released: 1/25/1989

1988

Kind of Living

TV - Released: 2/19/1988

1987

The Devil's Disciple

as Mrs. Dudgeon

Movie - Released: 5/17/1987

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

as Tabby

Movie - Released: 10/26/1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

as Eva Peterlee

TV - Released: 8/2/1987

Simon and the Witch

as The Witch

TV - Released: 11/16/1987

Watching

as Aunty Peggy

TV - Released: 7/5/1987

1986

Lovejoy

as Daphne Shotley

TV - Released: 1/10/1986

Casualty

as Barbara Thomas

TV - Released: 9/6/1986

1985

Parker

as Mrs. Epps

Movie - Released: 5/3/1985

Movie

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

as Evelyn Smith

Movie - Released: 12/14/1985

Time for Murder

as Evelyn Smith

TV - Released: 11/9/1985

1984

Sakharov

as Nobel Presenter

Movie - Released: 6/20/1984

The Cold Room

as Frau Hoffman

Movie - Released: 3/24/1984

Sherlock Holmes

as Mrs Mason

TV - Released: 4/24/1984

1983

Those Glory Glory Days

as School Mistress

Movie - Released: 11/17/1983

1982

Intensive Care

as Alice Duckworth

Movie - Released: 11/9/1982

Spider's Web

as Mildred Peake

Movie - Released: 12/26/1982

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

as Miss Markland

Movie - Released: 2/16/1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Mistress Quickly

Movie - Released: 12/28/1982

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

as Mrs. Palmer

Movie - Released: 2/26/1982

Our Winnie

as Cora

Movie - Released: 11/12/1982

Shine on Harvey Moon

as Nan

TV - Released: 1/8/1982

Objects of Affection

as Cora

TV - Released: 11/12/1982

1981

Lady Chatterley's Lover

as Lady Eva

Movie - Released: 6/29/1981

The Cause

as Olive James

Movie - Released: 2/3/1981

Fothergill

as Middle Class Woman

Movie - Released: 1/8/1981

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

as Mrs Radcliffe

Movie - Released: 1/23/1981

Bergerac

as Mary Lou Costain

TV - Released: 10/18/1981

1980

The Dybbuk

as Frade

Movie - Released: 2/24/1980

Richard's Things

as Mrs. Sells

Movie - Released: 12/26/1980

Movie

Fox

as Connie Fox

Movie - Released: 3/10/1980

The Enigma

as Miss Parsons

Movie - Released: 2/9/1980

Fox

as Connie Fox

TV - Released: 3/10/1980

1979

Julius Caesar

as Calphurnia

Movie - Released: 2/11/1979

Afternoon Off

as Miss Beckinsale

Movie - Released: 2/3/1979

Tales of the Unexpected

as Aunt May

TV - Released: 3/24/1979

Tales of the Unexpected

as Martha

TV - Released: 3/24/1979

1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Calphurnia

TV - Released: 12/3/1978

The BBC Television Shakespeare

as Mistress Quickly

TV - Released: 12/3/1978

1977

Able's Will

as Sarah

Movie - Released: 10/5/1977

1976

Love Letters on Blue Paper

as Sonia Marsden

Movie - Released: 3/2/1976

The Glittering Prizes

as Lady Frances Davidson

TV - Released: 1/21/1976

Victorian Scandals

TV - Released: 9/3/1976

1975

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

TV - Released: 10/20/1975

1974

Leeds United!

as Maggie

Movie - Released: 10/31/1974

1973

Movie

Rust

as Eleanor Hawkes

Movie - Released: 9/4/1973

Black and Blue

TV - Released: 8/14/1973

1970

Play for Today

as Sonia Marsden

TV - Released: 10/15/1970

Play for Today

as Olive James

TV - Released: 10/15/1970

Play for Today

as Alice Duckworth

TV - Released: 10/15/1970

Play for Today

as Maggie

TV - Released: 10/15/1970

1969

3 Into 2 Won't Go

as Marcia

Movie - Released: 7/2/1969

1968

Movie

All's Well That Ends Well

as Widow

Movie - Released: 3/6/1968

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

as Mrs Murray

Movie - Released: 9/15/1968

The Expert

as Mrs. Kyneston

TV - Released: 7/5/1968

1965

BBC Play of the Month

as Maud Lowder

TV - Released: 10/19/1965

1963

Doctor Who

as Maddy

TV - Released: 11/23/1963

Festival

as Lampito

TV - Released: 10/9/1963