Elizabeth Spriggs

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).

Acted Movies

Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Director: Ang Lee

Writers: Emma Thompson,

Cast: Alan Rickman, Elizabeth Spriggs, Emma Thompson, Gemma Jones, Greg Wise, Harriet Walter, Hugh Grant, Imogen Stubbs, James Fleet, Kate Winslet,

Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981)

Director: Just Jaeckin

Writers: Christopher Wicking,

Cast: Ann Mitchell, Anthony Stewart Head, Bessie Love, Elizabeth Spriggs, Frank Moorey, Nicholas Clay, Pascale Rivault, Peter Bennett, Shane Briant, Sylvia Kristel,