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
The Barber of Siberia
1998
as Perepiolkina
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
as Lady Eva
A Christmas Carol
1999
as Mrs. Riggs
Paradise Road
1997
as Mrs. Roberts
Impromptu
1991
as Baroness Laginsky
The Hour of the Pig
1993
as Madame Langlois
The Secret Agent
1996
as Winnie's Mother
Fox
1980
as Connie Fox
A Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Annabelle Andover
The Cold Room
1984
as Frau Hoffman
For My Baby
2000
as Olga Jenikova
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Mistress Quickly
Sakharov
1984
as Nobel Presenter
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Widow
Is Anybody There?
2009
as Prudence
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Miss Markland
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Schultz