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).
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Filmography
all 91
TV Shows 48
Movies 43
self 1
Voice 1
Prudence
Is Anybody There? (2009)
Movie
Herself
James Ellis: An Actor's Life (2007)
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
The Fat Lady
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
Movie
7.15
Cath
The Sleeper (2000)
Movie
Olga Jenikova
For My Baby (2000)
Movie
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000)
TV
Mrs Riggs
A Christmas Carol (1999)
Movie
Mrs. Goodenough
Wives and Daughters (1999)
TV
6
Schultz
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999)
Movie
Duchess
Alice in Wonderland (1999)
Movie
Perepiolkina
The Barber of Siberia (1998)
Movie
Mrs Mullen / 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
Grandma
Takin' Over the Asylum (1994)
TV
8
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
Rene Kirby / Mrs. Andrews
Heartbeat (1992)
TV
9
Dorothy Morgan
The Old Devils (1992)
Movie
Dorothy Morgan
The Old Devils (1992)
TV
Schultz
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
TV
5.44
Baroness Laginsky
Impromptu (1991)
Movie
Eileen Blackett
Survival of the Fittest (1990)
Movie
Aunt Agatha
Jeeves and Wooster (1990)
TV
6
May
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (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
Kind of Living (1988)
TV
The Witch
Simon and the Witch (1987)
TV
Tabby
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers (1987)
Movie
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
Cora
Objects of Affection (1982)
TV
Alice Duckworth
Intensive Care (1982)
Movie
Mrs. Palmer
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1982)
TV
Mrs. Palmer
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (1982)
Movie
Miss Markland
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)
Movie
Nan
Shine on Harvey Moon (1982)
TV
Mary Lou Costain
Bergerac (1981)
TV
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
Connie Fox
Fox (1980)
Movie
Frade
The Dybbuk (1980)
Movie
Maud Lowder
The Wings of the Dove (1979)
Movie
Martha / Aunt May
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
TV
Calphurnia
Julius Caesar (1979)
Movie
Miss Beckinsale
Afternoon Off (1979)
Movie
BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
TV
Victorian Scandals (1976)
TV
Sonia Marsden
Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976)
Movie
Lady Frances Davidson
The Glittering Prizes (1976)
TV
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac (1975)
TV
Maggie
Leeds United! (1974)
Movie
Black and Blue (1973)
TV
Play for Today (1970)
TV
Marcia
3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969)
Movie
Mrs Murray
Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968)
Movie
Mrs. Kyneston
The Expert (1968)
TV
Widow
All's Well That Ends Well (1968)
Movie
Maud Lowder
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
TV
Maddy
Doctor Who (1963)
TV
5.28
Lampito
Festival (1963)
TV
Ratings
Average 5.83
Based on 1.31 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Information
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
AwardsLaurence Olivier Award
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