Acting
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).
Filmography
Is Anybody There?
Film · 2009
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Film · 2007
Jericho
Series · 2005
Love Soup
Series · 2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Film · 2004
The Royal
Series · 2003
Nice Guy Eddie
Series · 2002
Shackleton
Series · 2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Film · 2001
For My Baby
Film · 2000
The Sleeper
Film · 2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Series · 2000
Alice in Wonderland
Film · 1999
A Christmas Carol
Film · 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Film · 1999
Wives and Daughters
Series · 1999
The Barber of Siberia
Film · 1998
Paradise Road
Film · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
Midsomer Murders
Series · 1997
The Secret Agent
Film · 1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Film · 1996
Sense and Sensibility
Film · 1995
A Pinch of Snuff
Film · 1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
Series · 1994
Middlemarch
Series · 1994
Martin Chuzzlewit
Series · 1994
The Last Vampyre
Film · 1993
The Hour of the Pig
Film · 1993
The Old Devils
Film · 1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Series · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Series · 1992
Heartbeat
Series · 1992
Impromptu
Film · 1991
Soldier Soldier
Series · 1991
Performance
Series · 1991
Survival of the Fittest
Film · 1990
Jeeves and Wooster
Series · 1990
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Series · 1990
Tales from the Crypt
Series · 1989
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Series · 1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
Series · 1989
Screen One
Series · 1989
The Devil's Disciple
Film · 1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Film · 1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Series · 1987
Simon and the Witch
Series · 1987
Watching
Series · 1987
Lovejoy
Series · 1986
Casualty
Series · 1986
Parker
Film · 1985
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
Film · 1985
Theatre Night
Series · 1985
Time for Murder
Series · 1985
Sakharov
Film · 1984
The Cold Room
Film · 1984
Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1984
Those Glory Glory Days
Film · 1983
Intensive Care
Film · 1982
Spider's Web
Film · 1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Film · 1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Film · 1982
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Film · 1982
Our Winnie
Film · 1982
Shine on Harvey Moon
Series · 1982
Objects of Affection
Series · 1982
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Film · 1981
The Cause
Film · 1981
Fothergill
Film · 1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Film · 1981
Bergerac
Series · 1981
The Dybbuk
Film · 1980
Richard's Things
Film · 1980
Fox
Film · 1980
The Enigma
Film · 1980
Fox
Series · 1980
Cribb
Series · 1980
Julius Caesar
Film · 1979
Afternoon Off
Film · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
Tales of the Unexpected
Series · 1979
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Series · 1978
Able's Will
Film · 1977
BBC2 Play of the Week
Series · 1977
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Film · 1976
Victorian Scandals
Series · 1976
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
Series · 1975
Leeds United!
Film · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Village Hall
Series · 1974
Rust
Film · 1973
Black and Blue
Series · 1973
Second City Firsts
Series · 1973
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
Play for Today
Series · 1970
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Film · 1969
All's Well That Ends Well
Film · 1968
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Film · 1968
The Expert
Series · 1968
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Festival
Series · 1963
Doctor Who
Series · 1963