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).
Filmography
all 101
Movies 52
TV Shows 49
Voice 2
self 1
Prudence

Is Anybody There? (2009)
Movie
Ellen Jericho

Jericho (2005)
TV
Penny's Mother (voice)

Love Soup (2005)
TV
Swiss Toni's Mother

Swiss Toni (2003)
TV
Dolly Smith

The Royal (2003)
TV
Vera McMullen

Nice Guy Eddie (2002)
TV
Janet Stancombe Wills

Shackleton (2002)
TV
6
Olga Jenikova

For My Baby (2000)
Movie
Mrs Riggs

A Christmas Carol (1999)
Movie
Mrs. Goodenough

Wives and Daughters (1999)
TV
6
Perepiolkina

The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Movie
Mrs Mullen

Playing the Field (1998)
TV
Iris Rainbird / Ursula Gooding

Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV
6
Mrs. Roberts

Paradise Road (1997)
Movie
Winnie's Mother

The Secret Agent (1996)
Movie
6
Brenda (voice)

The Snow Queen's Revenge (1996)
Movie
Mrs. Jennings

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Movie
9
Mrs. Gamp

Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
TV
Mrs. Cadwallader

Middlemarch (1994)
TV
6
Annabelle Andover

A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
Movie
Harriet Mainwaring

Class Act (1994)
TV
Madame Langlois

The Hour of the Pig (1993)
Movie
Eileen Mason

The Last Vampyre (1993)
Movie
Inge Middleton

Anglo Saxon Attitudes (1992)
TV
Mrs. Andrews / Rene Kirby

Heartbeat (1992)
TV
9
Dorothy Morgan

The Old Devils (1992)
Movie
Dorothy Morgan

The Old Devils (1992)
TV
Mrs. Henwood

Soldier Soldier (1991)
TV
Baroness Laginsky

Impromptu (1991)
Movie
Eileen Blackett

Survival of the Fittest (1990)
Movie
Aunt Agatha

Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
TV
6
Mrs. Trask

Tales from the Crypt (1989)
TV
6.4
Madge Kendal

Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
TV
Mrs. Leadbetter

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
TV
6.24
Mrs. Van Der Reuter

Going Undercover (1988)
Movie
The Witch

Simon and the Witch (1987)
TV
Eva Peterlee

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
TV
6
Aunty Peggy

Watching (1987)
TV
Mrs. Dudgeon

The Devil's Disciple (1987)
Movie
Barbara Thomas

Casualty (1986)
TV
Daphne Shotley

Lovejoy (1986)
TV
5
Evelyn Smith

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas (1985)
Movie
Evelyn Smith

Time for Murder (1985)
TV
Mrs. Epps

Parker (1985)
Movie
Nobel Presenter

Sakharov (1984)
Movie
Mrs Mason

Sherlock Holmes (1984)
TV
4.71
Frau Hoffman

The Cold Room (1984)
Movie
Lady Muriel Royce

Strangers and Brothers (1984)
TV
School Mistress

Those Glory Glory Days (1983)
Movie
Mistress Quickly

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Movie
Mildred Peake

Spider's Web (1982)
Movie
Alice Duckworth

Intensive Care (1982)
Movie
Mrs. Palmer

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1982)
Movie
Mrs. Palmer

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1982)
TV
Miss Markland

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
Movie
Mary Lou Costain

Bergerac (1981)
TV
6
Olive James

The Cause (1981)
Movie
Mrs Radcliffe

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe (1981)
Movie
Middle Class Woman

Fothergill (1981)
Movie
Mrs. Sells

Richard's Things (1980)
Movie
Connie Fox

Fox (1980)
TV
Connie Fox

Fox (1980)
Movie
Miss Parsons

The Enigma (1980)
Movie
Maud Lowder

The Wings of the Dove (1979)
Movie
Aunt May / Martha

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Calphurnia

Julius Caesar (1979)
Movie
Miss Beckinsale

Afternoon Off (1979)
Movie
Calphurnia / Mistress Quickly

The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Sonia Marsden

Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976)
Movie
Lady Frances Davidson

The Glittering Prizes (1976)
TV
Eleanor Hawkes

Rust (1973)
Movie
Maggie / Sonia Marsden / Olive James / Alice Duckworth

Play for Today (1970)
TV
Mrs Murray

Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968)
Movie
Mrs. Kyneston

The Expert (1968)
TV
Maud Lowder

BBC Play of the Month (1965)
TV
Lampito

Festival (1963)
TV
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1929-09-18
Deathday2008-07-02 (78 years old)
Birth NameElizabeth Jean Williams
Birth PlaceBuxton, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsElizabeth Jean Williams, Elisabeth Spriggs, Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson, Елізабет Спріггс
AwardsLaurence Olivier Awards
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