Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
18 Sep, 1929 (95 years old)
Death date
02 Jul, 2008
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
Acting
2009
Is Anybody There?
2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2002
Shackleton
2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2000
The Sleeper
1999
A Christmas Carol
1999
Alice in Wonderland
1998
The Barber of Siberia
1997
Paradise Road
1996
The Secret Agent
1995
Sense and Sensibility
1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
1993
The Hour of the Pig
1991
Impromptu
1985
Parker
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
Spider's Web
1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1981
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1979
Julius Caesar
1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go