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Elizabeth Spriggs

1929–2008 · 16 titles in the catalogue

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).

Their work

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  1. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001as The Fat Lady
  2. Sense and Sensibility1995as Mrs. Jennings
  3. Tales from the Crypt1989as Mrs. Trask
  4. Doctor Who1963as Tabby
  5. Agatha Christie's Poirot1989as Mrs. Leadbetter
  6. Alice in Wonderland1999as Duchess
  7. Midsomer Murders1997as Ursula Gooding
  8. Sherlock Holmes1984as Mrs Mason
  9. A Christmas Carol1999as Mrs. Riggs
  10. The Barber of Siberia1998as Perepiolkina
  11. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles1992as Schultz
  12. Jeeves and Wooster1990as Aunt Agatha
  13. Paradise Road1997as Mrs. Roberts
  14. Lady Chatterley's Lover1981as Lady Eva
  15. Casualty1986as Barbara Thomas
  16. The Hour of the Pig1993as Madame Langlois