
Biography
Elizabeth Spriggs (18 September 1929 β 2 July 2008) was an English character actress.
Spriggs' 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. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility. Her other films included Richard's Things (1980), Impromptu (1991), Paradise Road (1997) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).
Filmography
All 88
TV Shows 47
Movies 41
Self 1
Voice 1
Prudence

Is Anybody There? (2009)
Movie
Herself

James Ellis: An Actor's Life (2007)
Movie

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

Love Soup (2005)
TV Show
Swiss Toni's Mother

Swiss Toni (2003)
TV Show
Dolly Smith

The Royal (2003)
TV Show
Vera McMullen

Nice Guy Eddie (2002)
TV Show
Janet Stancombe Wills

Shackleton (2002)
TV Show
6
The Fat Lady

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Movie
6.65
Cath

The Sleeper (2000)
Movie
Olga Jenikova

For My Baby (2000)
Movie

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
TV Show
Mrs Riggs

A Christmas Carol (1999)
Movie
Mrs. Goodenough

Wives and Daughters (1999)
TV Show
6
Schultz

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
Movie
Schultz

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (1999)
TV Show
Duchess

Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Movie
Perepiolkina

The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Movie
Mrs Mullen / Mrs. Mullen

Playing the Field (1998)
TV Show
Iris Rainbird

Midsomer Murders (1997)
TV Show
6
Mrs. Roberts

Paradise Road (1997)
Movie
Mrs. Jennings

Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Movie
9
Mrs. Gamp

Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
TV Show
Grandma

Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)
TV Show
8
Mrs. Cadwallader

Middlemarch (1994)
TV Show
6
Annabelle Andover

A Pinch of Snuff (1994)
Movie
Harriet Mainwaring

Class Act (1994)
TV Show
Madame Langlois

The Hour of The Pig (1993)
Movie
Eileen Mason

The Last Vampyre (1993)
Movie
Inge Middleton

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

Heartbeat (1992)
TV Show
9
Dorothy Morgan

The Old Devils (1992)
Movie
Dorothy Morgan

The Old Devils (1992)
TV Show
Schultz

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
TV Show
5.44
Baroness Laginsky

Impromptu (1991)
Movie
Eileen Blackett

Survival of the Fittest (1990)
Movie
Aunt Agatha

Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
TV Show
6
May

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990)
TV Show
6

Tales from the Crypt (1989)
TV Show
6.4

Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
TV Show
Mrs. Leadbetter

Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
TV Show
6.24

A Kind Of Living (1988)
TV Show
The Witch

Simon and the Witch (1987)
TV Show
Tabby

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers (1987)
Movie

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987)
TV Show
6
Aunt Peggy

Watching (1987)
TV Show
Mrs. Dudgeon

The Devil's Disciple (1987)
Movie
Barbara Thomas

Casualty (1986)
TV Show

Lovejoy (1986)
TV Show
5
Evelyn Smith

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas (1985)
Movie
Mrs. Epps

Parker (1985)
Movie
Nobel Presenter

Sakharov (1984)
Movie
Mrs Mason

Sherlock Holmes (1984)
TV Show
4.71
Frau Hoffman

The Cold Room (1984)
Movie
Lady Muriel Royce

Strangers and Brothers (1984)
TV Show
School Mistress

Those Glory Glory Days (1983)
Movie
Mistress Quickly

The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)
Movie
Mildred Peake

Spider's Web (1982)
Movie
Cora

Objects of Affection (1982)
TV Show
Alice Duckworth

Intensive Care (1982)
Movie
Miss Markland

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
Movie
Mrs. Palmer

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1982)
Movie
Nan

Shine on Harvey Moon (1982)
TV Show
Mary Lou Costain

Bergerac (1981)
TV Show
6
Lady Eva

Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)
Movie
Olive James

The Cause (1981)
Movie
Mrs. Sells

Richard's Things (1980)
Movie
Connie Fox

Fox (1980)
TV Show
Connie Fox

Fox (1980)
Movie
Maud Lowder

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

Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV Show
Calphurnia

Julius Caesar (1979)
Movie
Miss Beckinsale

Afternoon Off (1979)
Movie

BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV Show

Victorian Scandals (1976)
TV Show
Sonia Marsden

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

The Glittering Prizes (1976)
TV Show

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac (1975)
TV Show
Maggie

Leeds United! (1974)
Movie

Black and Blue (1973)
TV Show

Play for Today (1970)
TV Show
Marcia

Three Into Two Won't Go (1969)
Movie
Mrs Murray

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

The Expert (1968)
TV Show
Widow

All's Well That Ends Well (1968)
Movie
Maud Lowder

Play of the Month (1965)
TV Show
Maddy

Doctor Who (1963)
TV Show
5.28
Lampito

Festival (1963)
TV Show
Ratings
Average 6.13
Based on 1.22 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1963
1981
1987
1982
2009
Information
Known forActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1929-09-18
Deathday2008-07-02 (78 years old)
Birth nameElizabeth Jean Williams
Place of birthBuxton, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also known asElizabeth Jean Williams, Elisabeth Spriggs, Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson
AwardsLaurence Olivier Award
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