Actor
Elizabeth Spriggs
September 18, 1929 · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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.
Notable work
7.9Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001)
as The Fat Lady
7.4Sense and Sensibility (1995)
as Mrs. Jennings
8Tales from the Crypt (1989)
as Mrs. Trask
7.9Doctor Who (1963)
as Maddy and as Tabby
8.2Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
as Mrs. Leadbetter
6.2Alice in Wonderland (1999)
as Duchess
7.5Midsomer Murders (1997)
as Iris Rainbird and as Ursula Gooding
Often works with
Richard Harris
2 titles together
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, The Barber of Siberia
Alan Rickman
2 titles together
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Sense and Sensibility
Robbie Coltrane
2 titles together
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Alice in Wonderland
Emma Thompson
2 titles together
Sense and Sensibility, Impromptu
Hugh Grant
2 titles together
Sense and Sensibility, Impromptu
Harriet Walter
2 titles together
Sense and Sensibility, The Hour of the Pig
Full filmography · 95
Jericho
as Ellen Jericho
2005
Love Soup
as Penny's Mother (voice)
2005
The Royal
as Dolly Smith
2003Nice Guy Eddie
as Vera McMullen
2002
Shackleton
as Janet Stancombe Wills
20027.2Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
cast
2000
Wives and Daughters
as Mrs Goodenough
19997.3
Midsomer Murders
as Iris Rainbird and as Ursula Gooding
19977.5
Martin Chuzzlewit
as Mrs Gamp
1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
as Grandma
19948.4
Middlemarch
as Mrs. Cadwallader
1994
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
as Inge Middleton
1992