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
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TV Shows 49
Movies 47
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Prudence
Is Anybody There? (2009)
Movie
Ellen Jericho
Jericho (2005)
TV
Penny's Mother (voice)
Love Soup (2005)
TV
Laura Pretty
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004)
Movie
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
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
Aunt 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. Sells
Richard's Things (1980)
Movie
Connie Fox
Fox (1980)
TV
Connie Fox
Fox (1980)
Movie
Maud Lowder
The Wings of the Dove (1979)
Movie
Martha / Aunt May
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Calpurnia
Julius Caesar (1979)
Movie
Miss Beckinsale
Afternoon Off (1979)
Movie
Sonia Marsden
Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976)
Movie
Lady Frances Davidson
The Glittering Prizes (1976)
TV
Eleanor
Rust (1973)
Movie
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
Ratings
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Based on 1.33 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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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 Award
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