Acting · Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK · Born September 18, 1929
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).
MovieIs Anybody There?
2009
as Prudence
MovieJames Ellis: An Actor's Life
2007
as Herself
TVJericho
2005
as Ellen Jericho
TVLove Soup
2005
as Penny's Mother (voice)
MovieThe Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004
TVThe Royal
2003
as Dolly Smith
Nice Guy Eddie
2002
as Vera McMullen
TVShackleton
2002
as Janet Stancombe Wills
MovieHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
as The Fat Lady
MovieThe Sleeper
2000
as Cath
MovieFor My Baby
2000
as Olga Jenikova
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
2000
MovieA Christmas Carol
1999
as Mrs. Riggs
TVWives and Daughters
1999
as Mrs Goodenough
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1999
as Schultz
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1999
as Duchess
MovieThe Barber of Siberia
1998
as Perepiolkina
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Iris Rainbird
MovieParadise Road
1997
as Mrs. Roberts
MovieThe Secret Agent
1996
as Winnie's Mother
MovieThe Snow Queen's Revenge
1996
as Brenda (voice)
MovieSense and Sensibility
1995
as Mrs. Jennings
TVMartin Chuzzlewit
1994
as Mrs Gamp
TVTakin' Over the Asylum
1994
as Grandma
MovieA Pinch of Snuff
1994
as Annabelle Andover
TVMiddlemarch
1994
as Mrs. Cadwallader
MovieThe Hour of the Pig
1993
as Madame Langlois
MovieThe Last Vampyre
1993
as Eileen Mason
TVAnglo Saxon Attitudes
1992
as Inge Middleton
TVHeartbeat
1992
as Rene Kirby
MovieThe Old Devils
1992
as Dorothy Morgan
TVThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Schultz
TVPerformance
1991
as Mistress Quickly
TVSoldier Soldier
1991
as Mrs. Henwood
MovieImpromptu
1991
as Baroness Laginsky
MovieSurvival of the Fittest
1990
as Eileen Blackett
TVJeeves and Wooster
1990
as Aunt Agatha
TVOranges Are Not the Only Fruit
1990
as May
TVScreen One
1989
as Eileen Blackett
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Mrs. Trask
TVYoung Charlie Chaplin
1989
as Madge Kendal
TVAgatha Christie's Poirot
1989
as Mrs. Leadbetter
TVSimon and the Witch
1987
as The Witch
MovieDoctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
as Tabby
TVThe Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Eva Peterlee
TVWatching
1987
as Aunty Peggy
MovieThe Devil's Disciple
1987
as Mrs. Dudgeon
TVCasualty
1986
as Barbara Thomas
TVLovejoy
1986
as Daphne Shotley
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1985
as Evelyn Smith
TVTime for Murder
1985
as Evelyn Smith
TVTheatre Night
1985
as Mrs. Dudgeon
MovieParker
1985
as Mrs. Epps
MovieSakharov
1984
as Nobel Presenter
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Mrs Mason
MovieThe Cold Room
1984
as Frau Hoffman
MovieThose Glory Glory Days
1983
as School Mistress
MovieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
1982
as Mistress Quickly
MovieSpider's Web
1982
as Mildred Peake
MovieOur Winnie
1982
as Cora
TVObjects of Affection
1982
as Cora
MovieIntensive Care
1982
as Alice Duckworth
MovieThe Haunting of Cassie Palmer
1982
as Mrs. Palmer
MovieAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1982
as Miss Markland
TVShine on Harvey Moon
1982
as Nan
TVBergerac
1981
as Mary Lou Costain
MovieLady Chatterley's Lover
1981
as Lady Eva
MovieThe Cause
1981
as Olive James
MovieThe Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1981
as Mrs Radcliffe
MovieFothergill
1981
as Middle Class Woman
MovieRichard's Things
1980
as Mrs. Sells
TVCribb
1980
as Mrs Gurney
Fox
1980
as Connie Fox
TVFox
1980
as Connie Fox
MovieThe Dybbuk
1980
as Frade
MovieThe Enigma
1980
as Miss Parsons
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Aunt May
MovieJulius Caesar
1979
as Calphurnia
MovieAfternoon Off
1979
as Miss Beckinsale
TVThe BBC Television Shakespeare
1978
as Mistress Quickly
MovieAble's Will
1977
as Sarah
TVBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Sarah
TVVictorian Scandals
1976
as Hannah Cullwick
MovieLove Letters on Blue Paper
1976
as Sonia Marsden
Prometheus: The Life of Balzac
1975
MovieLeeds United!
1974
as Maggie
TVPlayhouse
1974
as Miss Parsons
Second City Firsts
1973
as Zena Pool
Rust
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes
Black and Blue
1973
as Eleanor Hawkes
TVPlay for Today
1970
as Sonia Marsden
Movie3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Marcia
MovieWork Is a 4-Letter Word
1968
as Mrs Murray
TVThe Expert
1968
as Mrs. Kyneston
All's Well That Ends Well
1968
as Widow
TVBBC Play of the Month
1965
as Maud Lowder
TVTheatre 625
1964
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Maddy
Festival
1963
as Lampito
