
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).
Top Filmography

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 // MOVIE

Sense and Sensibility
1995 // MOVIE

Tales from the Crypt
1989 // TV

Doctor Who
1963 // TV

Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989 // TV

Alice in Wonderland
1999 // MOVIE

Midsomer Murders
1997 // TV

Midsomer Murders
1997 // TV

Sherlock Holmes
1984 // TV

A Christmas Carol
1999 // MOVIE

The Barber of Siberia
1998 // MOVIE

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 // TV

Jeeves and Wooster
1990 // TV

Paradise Road
1997 // MOVIE

Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981 // MOVIE