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).
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
96 titles
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Is Anybody There?
The Barber of Siberia
Impromptu
Lady Chatterley's Lover
A Christmas Carol
Young Charlie Chaplin
Young Charlie Chaplin
Paradise Road
The Hour of the Pig
The Secret Agent
Simon and the Witch
Sakharov
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Those Glory Glory Days
Richard's Things
The Old Devils
The Devil's Disciple
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Afternoon Off
The Last Vampyre
The Cold Room
Our Winnie
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