Elizabeth Spriggs

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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).

Overview

Known For

BBC Play of the Month

Midsomer Murders

Casualty

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Bergerac

Love Soup

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Wives and Daughters

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

Martin Chuzzlewit

All's Well That Ends Well

The Dybbuk

Paradise Road

Fox

Sense and Sensibility

Intensive Care

The Last Vampyre

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Spider's Web

Survival of the Fittest

The Sleeper

Nice Guy Eddie

Leeds United!

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Devil's Disciple

Simon and the Witch

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