Elizabeth Spriggs
Known for Acting
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
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as The Fat Lady
Sense and Sensibility
1995
as Mrs. Jennings
Alice in Wonderland
1999
as Duchess
Paradise Road
1997
as Mrs. Roberts
A Christmas Carol
1999
as Mrs. Riggs
The Barber of Siberia
1998
as Perepiolkina
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
as Lady Eva
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Madame Langlois
The Secret Agent
1996
as Winnie's Mother
Is Anybody There?
2009
as Prudence
Impromptu
1991
as Baroness Laginsky
For My Baby
2000
as Olga Jenikova
The Old Devils
1992
as Dorothy Morgan
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Schultz
The Cold Room
1984
as Frau Hoffman
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
as Mrs Radcliffe
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Miss Markland
Fox
1980
as Connie Fox
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
as Brenda (voice)
Our Winnie
1982
as Cora