1929-09-18 Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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).
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Is Anybody There? | Prudence | 2009-04-17 |
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James Ellis: An Actor's Life | Herself | 2007-07-02 |
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone | The Fat Lady | 2001-11-16 |
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The Sleeper | Cath | 2000-12-26 |
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For My Baby | 2000-10-19 | |
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A Christmas Carol | Mrs Riggs | 1999-12-05 |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service | Schultz | 1999-11-21 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Duchess | 1999-02-28 |
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Сибирский цирюльник | Perepiolkina | 1998-11-11 |
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Paradise Road | Mrs. Roberts | 1997-02-11 |
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The Secret Agent | Winnie's Mother | 1996-11-08 |
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Sense and Sensibility | Mrs. Jennings | 1995-12-13 |
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A Pinch of Snuff | Annabelle Andover | 1994-04-09 |
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The Last Vampyre | Eileen Mason | 1993-03-14 |
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The Hour of the Pig | Madame Langlois | 1993-09-25 |
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The Old Devils | Dorothy Morgan | 1992-03-16 |
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Impromptu | Baroness Laginsky | 1991-04-12 |
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Survival of the Fittest | Eileen Blackett | 1990-10-21 |
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Doctor Who: Paradise Towers | Tabby | 1987-10-26 |
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The Devil's Disciple | Mrs. Dudgeon | 1987-05-17 |
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The Thirteenth Day of Christmas | Evelyn Smith | 1985-12-14 |
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Parker | Mrs. Epps | 1985-05-03 |
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Sakharov | Nobel Presenter | 1984-06-20 |
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The Cold Room | Frau Hoffman | 1984-03-24 |
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Those Glory Glory Days | School Mistress | 1983-11-17 |
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Spider's Web | Mildred Peake | 1982-12-26 |
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Intensive Care | Alice Duckworth | 1982-11-09 |
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The Haunting of Cassie Palmer | Mrs. Palmer | 1982-02-26 |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor | Mistress Quickly | 1982-12-28 |
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman | Miss Markland | 1982-02-16 |
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Lady Chatterley's Lover | Lady Eva | 1981-06-29 |
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The Cause | Olive James | 1981-02-03 |
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The Dybbuk | Frade | 1980-02-24 |
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Fox | Connie Fox | 1980-03-10 |
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Richard's Things | Mrs. Sells | 1980-12-26 |
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Julius Caesar | Calphurnia | 1979-02-11 |
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Afternoon Off | Miss Beckinsale | 1979-02-03 |
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Love Letters on Blue Paper | Sonia Marsden | 1976-03-02 |
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Leeds United! | Maggie | 1974-10-31 |
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3 Into 2 Won't Go | Marcia | 1969-07-02 |
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All's Well That Ends Well | Widow | 1968-03-06 |
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Work Is a 4-Letter Word | Mrs Murray | 1968-09-15 |
