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Aliases: Elizabeth Jean Williams , Elisabeth Spriggs , Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson , Елізабет Спріггс
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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Movie Involvements: 33
TV Involvements: 28
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Midsomer Murders
(1997) Ursula GoodingDoctor Who
(1963) MaddyAgatha Christie's Poirot
(1989) Mrs. LeadbetterSherlock Holmes
(1984) Mrs MasonHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
(2001) The Fat LadyCasualty
(1986) Barbara ThomasTales of the Unexpected
(1979) MarthaBergerac
(1981) Mary Lou CostainActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Prudence | |
| 2007 | Herself | |
| 2005 | Ellen Jericho | |
| Penny's Mother (voice) | ||
| 2003 | Dolly Smith | |
| 2002 | Vera McMullen | |
| Janet Stancombe Wills | ||
| 2001 | The Fat Lady | |
| 2000 | Cath | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1999 | Mrs Riggs | |
| Mrs. Goodenough | ||
| Schultz | ||
| Duchess | ||
| 1998 | Perepiolkina | |
| 1997 | Iris Rainbird | |
| Ursula Gooding | ||
| Mrs. Roberts | ||
| 1996 | Winnie's Mother | |
| 1995 | Mrs. Jennings | |
| 1994 | Mrs. Gamp | |
| Grandma | ||
| Mrs. Cadwallader | ||
| Annabelle Andover | ||
| Harriet Mainwaring | ||
| 1993 | Madame Langlois | |
| Eileen Mason | ||
| 1992 | Inge Middleton | |
| Rene Kirby | ||
| Mrs. Andrews | ||
| Dorothy Morgan | ||
| Schultz | ||
| 1991 | Baroness Laginsky | |
| 1990 | Eileen Blackett | |
| Aunt Agatha | ||
| May | ||
| 1989 | Mrs. Trask | |
| N/A | ||
| Mrs. Leadbetter | ||
| 1988 | N/A | |
| 1987 | The Witch | |
| Tabby | ||
| Eva Peterlee | ||
| Aunt Peggy | ||
| Mrs. Dudgeon | ||
| 1986 | Barbara Thomas | |
| Daphne Shotley | ||
| 1985 | Evelyn Smith | |
| Mrs. Epps | ||
| 1984 | Nobel Presenter | |
| Mrs Mason | ||
| Frau Hoffman | ||
| 1983 | School Mistress | |
| 1982 | Mistress Quickly | |
| Mildred Peake | ||
| Cora | ||
| Alice Duckworth | ||
| Mrs. Palmer | ||
| Miss Markland | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1981 | Mary Lou Costain | |
| Lady Eva | ||
| Olive James | ||
| 1980 | Mrs. Sells | |
| N/A | ||
| Connie Fox | ||
| Frade | ||
| 1979 | Aunt May | |
| Martha | ||
| Calphurnia | ||
| Miss Beckinsale | ||
| 1978 | N/A | |
| 1976 | N/A | |
| Sonia Marsden | ||
| Lady Frances Davidson | ||
| 1975 | N/A | |
| 1974 | Maggie | |
| 1973 | N/A | |
| 1970 | N/A | |
| 1969 | Marcia | |
| 1968 | Mrs Murray | |
| Mrs. Kyneston | ||
| Widow | ||
| 1965 | Maud Lowder | |
| 1963 | Maddy | |
| Lampito | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |