As Actor
Is Anybody There?
2009
6.3
Elizabeth Spriggs
Acting
Birth date
September 18, 1929
Birth place
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Death date
July 2, 2008
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).
Featured in
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
5.6
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The Sleeper
2000
4.0
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For My Baby
2000
1.5
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Paradise Road
1997
6.4
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The Secret Agent
1996
5.5
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The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
5.5
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Sense and Sensibility
1995
7.4
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The Last Vampyre
1993
6.8
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Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
6.5
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The Devil's Disciple
1987
6.0
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Parker
1985
5.3
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The Cold Room
1984
4.8
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Those Glory Glory Days
1983
4.6
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
8.0
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Spider's Web
1982
7.3
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
5.4
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Julius Caesar
1979
8.5