1929Born, Buxton
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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).
Known for
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneThe Fat Lady
Sense and SensibilityMrs. Jennings
Tales from the CryptMrs. Trask
Agatha Christie's PoirotMrs. Leadbetter
Alice in WonderlandDuchess2009Is Anybody There?PrudenceMovie
2005JerichoEllen Jericho · 1 episodeShow
2005Love SoupPenny's Mother (voice) · 1 episodeShow
2004The Queen of Sheba's PearlsMovie
2003The RoyalDolly Smith · 2 episodesShow
2002Nice Guy EddieVera McMullen · 6 episodesShow
2002ShackletonJanet Stancombe Wills · 1 episodeShow
2000The SleeperCathMovie
2000For My BabyOlga JenikovaMovie
2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)1 episodeShow
1999A Christmas CarolMrs. RiggsMovie
1999Wives and DaughtersMrs Goodenough · 3 episodesShow
1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret ServiceSchultzMovie
1999Alice in WonderlandDuchessMovie
1998The Barber of SiberiaPerepiolkinaMovie
1997Paradise RoadMrs. RobertsMovie
1996The Secret AgentWinnie's MotherMovie
1996The Snow Queen's RevengeBrenda (voice)Movie
1995Sense and SensibilityMrs. JenningsMovie
1994Martin ChuzzlewitMrs Gamp · 3 episodesShow
1994Takin' Over the AsylumGrandma · 6 episodesShow
1994A Pinch of SnuffAnnabelle AndoverMovie
1994MiddlemarchMrs. Cadwallader · 6 episodesShow
1993The Hour of the PigMadame LangloisMovie
1993The Last VampyreEileen MasonMovie
1992Anglo Saxon AttitudesInge Middleton · 3 episodesShow
1992HeartbeatRene Kirby, Mrs. Andrews · 1 episodeShow
1992The Old DevilsDorothy MorganMovie
1992The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSchultz · 1 episodeShow
1991PerformanceMistress Quickly · 1 episodeShow
1991Soldier SoldierMrs. Henwood · 1 episodeShow
1991ImpromptuBaroness LaginskyMovie
1990Survival of the FittestEileen BlackettMovie
1990Jeeves and WoosterAunt Agatha · 2 episodesShow
1990Oranges Are Not the Only FruitMay · 3 episodesShow
1989Screen OneEileen Blackett · 1 episodeShow
1989Tales from the CryptMrs. Trask · 1 episodeShow
1989Young Charlie ChaplinMadge Kendal · 1 episodeShow
1987Simon and the WitchThe Witch · 25 episodesShow
1987Doctor Who: Paradise TowersTabbyMovie
1987The Ruth Rendell MysteriesEva Peterlee · 1 episodeShow
1987WatchingAunty Peggy · 5 episodesShow
1987The Devil's DiscipleMrs. DudgeonMovie
1986LovejoyDaphne Shotley · 1 episodeShow
1985The Thirteenth Day of ChristmasEvelyn SmithMovie
1985Time for MurderEvelyn Smith · 1 episodeShow
1985Theatre NightMrs. Dudgeon · 1 episodeShow
1985ParkerMrs. EppsMovie
1984SakharovNobel PresenterMovie
1984Sherlock HolmesMrs Mason · 1 episodeShow
1984The Cold RoomFrau HoffmanMovie
1983Those Glory Glory DaysSchool MistressMovie
1982The Merry Wives of WindsorMistress QuicklyMovie
1982Spider's WebMildred PeakeMovie
1982Our WinnieCoraMovie
1982Objects of AffectionCora · 1 episodeShow
1982Intensive CareAlice DuckworthMovie
1982The Haunting of Cassie PalmerMrs. PalmerMovie
1982An Unsuitable Job for a WomanMiss MarklandMovie
1982Shine on Harvey MoonNan · 41 episodesShow
1981BergeracMary Lou Costain · 1 episodeShow
1981Lady Chatterley's LoverLady EvaMovie
1981The CauseOlive JamesMovie
1981The Kindness of Mrs RadcliffeMrs RadcliffeMovie
1981FothergillMiddle Class WomanMovie
1980Richard's ThingsMrs. SellsMovie
1980We, the AccusedEleanor Presset · 2 episodesShow
1980CribbMrs Gurney · 1 episodeShow
1980FoxConnie FoxMovie
1980FoxConnie Fox · 13 episodesShow
1980The DybbukFradeMovie
1980The EnigmaMiss ParsonsMovie
1979Tales of the UnexpectedAunt May, Martha · 1 episodeShow
1979Julius CaesarCalphurniaMovie
1979Afternoon OffMiss BeckinsaleMovie
1978The BBC Television ShakespeareMistress Quickly · 1 episodeShow
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