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
The Snow Queen's Revenge
The Royal
Julius Caesar
Parker
Leeds United!
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Intensive Care
3 Into 2 Won't Go
The Sleeper
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
A Pinch of Snuff
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Spider's Web
Fothergill
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
For My Baby
Able's Will
Love Letters on Blue Paper
The Dybbuk
The Cause
Survival of the Fittest
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
The Enigma
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