Elizabeth Spriggs
Birthday: 1929-09-18
Place of Birth: Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Biography: 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).
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Sakharov
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The Dybbuk
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Survival of the Fittest
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The Secret Agent
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For My Baby
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3 Into 2 Won't Go
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Julius Caesar
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The Barber of Siberia
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Sense and Sensibility
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Leeds United!
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The Last Vampyre
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Intensive Care
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Afternoon Off
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Paradise Road
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Alice in Wonderland
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Richard's Things
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
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Rust
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
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All's Well That Ends Well
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Fox
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Is Anybody There?
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
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Those Glory Glory Days
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Spider's Web
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A Christmas Carol
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Parker
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The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
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Impromptu
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The Hour of the Pig
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Work Is a 4-Letter Word
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
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A Pinch of Snuff
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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The Devil's Disciple
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James Ellis: An Actor's Life
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The Sleeper
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Love Letters on Blue Paper
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The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
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The Cause
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Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
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The Cold Room
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The Old Devils
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Our Winnie
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The Enigma
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Fothergill
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The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
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Able's Will
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The Snow Queen's Revenge
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