Acting

Elizabeth Spriggs

1929–2008 · Acting

66.8avg grm

5titles

#587best rank

1honors

best title · #587 on siteSense and Sensibility1995 · as Mrs. Jennings76.8

Honors

1

1978Laurence Olivier Awards

Bio

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).

Filmography

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1990s2 titles

Sense and Sensibility1995 · as Mrs. Jennings76.8 T

Takin' Over the Asylum1994 · as Grandma · series65.2

1980s3 titles

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit1989 · as May · series63.9 S

Strangers and Brothers1984 · as Lady Muriel Royce · series64.0 O

Objects of Affection1982 · as Cora · series64.2

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Elizabeth Spriggs

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born1929

died2008

known forActing

titles on site5

best title rank#587 · Sense and Sensibility (1995)

avg GRM66.8

honors1 · Laurence Olivier Awards, 1978

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).

Filmography

ranked on this site

1990s

2 titles

76.8Sense and Sensibility1995 · as Mrs. Jennings T

65.2Takin' Over the Asylum1994 · as Grandma · series

1980s

3 titles

63.9Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit1989 · as May · series S

64.0Strangers and Brothers1984 · as Lady Muriel Royce · series O

64.2Objects of Affection1982 · as Cora · series

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