Elizabeth Spriggs
Date of birth: 1929-09-18
Place of birth: Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Elizabeth Jean Williams, Elisabeth Spriggs, Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson, Елізабет Спріггс
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).
Movie Credits
Sakharov
1984-06-20
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil ri
The Dybbuk
1980-02-24
A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated
Survival of the Fittest
1990-10-21
Molly Cowper is a wilful 80-year-old widow who firmly believes the world is there for her convenienc
The Secret Agent
1996-11-08
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, provid
For My Baby
2000-10-19
A young Austrian comedian struggles with the nightmare of his past and a dead sister who refuses to
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969-07-02
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Manchester, England, begins an affair with a young
Julius Caesar
1979-02-11
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic conseq
The Barber of Siberia
1998-11-11
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, expe
Sense and Sensibility
1995-12-13
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed
Leeds United!
1974-10-31
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid
The Last Vampyre
1993-03-14
Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man
Intensive Care
1982-11-09
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They'
Afternoon Off
1979-02-03
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. T
Paradise Road
1997-02-11
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being impri
Alice in Wonderland
1999-02-28
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets charact
Richard's Things
1980-12-26
Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004-12-25
Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of
Rust
1973-09-04
A deadly virus threatens the population, but a vaccine has been developed. However, it has a devasta
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981-06-29
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for he
All's Well That Ends Well
1968-03-06
An adaptation directed by Claude Whatham for the BBC's Theatre 625 slot. Essentially a recording of
Fox
1980-03-10
The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in Sout
Is Anybody There?
2009-04-17
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001-11-16
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11t
Those Glory Glory Days
1983-11-17
Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first
Spider's Web
1982-12-26
Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. 'Supposing I were to come
A Christmas Carol
1999-12-05
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable e
Parker
1985-05-03
An Aussie businessman is trying to find out why and by whom he was kidnapped and then later released
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985-12-14
A psychotic young man causes trouble during a Christmas gathering with his parents.
Impromptu
1991-04-12
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individ
The Hour of the Pig
1993-09-25
In medieval France, young lawyer Richard Courtois leaves Paris for the simpler life in the country.
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968-09-15
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in h
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982-02-16
After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cord
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999-10-26
Indy finds that he must enlist the help of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomati
A Pinch of Snuff
1994-04-09
Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Cal
The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982-12-28
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of
The Devil's Disciple
1987-05-17
Shaw turned to the classic Victorian melodrama to focus on the insincerity of much that his audience
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007-07-02
Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.
The Sleeper
2000-12-26
Violet Moon wants to be in control of the circumstances and people in her life. Particularly her son
Love Letters on Blue Paper
1976-03-02
Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982-02-26
Thirteen-year-old Cassie Palmer, the seventh child of a seventh child, has inherited the gift of sec
The Cause
1981-02-03
"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987-10-26
The Doctor and Mel visit Paradise Towers, a residential complex that promises a peaceful life to its
The Cold Room
1984-03-24
A girl visiting modern day East Germany with her estranged father begins reliving the horrifying eve
The Old Devils
1992-03-16
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retireme
Our Winnie
1982-11-12
Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They
The Enigma
1980-02-09
When John Fielding, MP, disappeared on the way home to his country estates he was, perhaps, cracking
Fothergill
1981-01-08
John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfords
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981-01-23
A day in the life of Mrs Radcliffe , who believes that the advice she so freely gives is done only o
Able's Will
1977-10-05
Thomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and dying. H
The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996-01-01
The Snow Queen holds Ellie responsible for ruining her plans to freeze the world and sets out to see
Harry Potter and the Deathly Weapons
2020-08-05
Imagine yourself in a wondrous world filled with guns in this unofficial licensed IP young adult nov