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).
Acted in 89
2000s
- 2009
Is Anybody There?
Prudence
- 2005
Jericho
Ellen Jericho · 1 episode
Love Soup
Penny's Mother (voice) · 1 episode
- 2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Movie
- 2003
The Royal
Dolly Smith · 2 episodes
- 2002
- 2001
- 2000
The Sleeper
Cath
For My Baby
Olga Jenikova
1990s
- 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Schultz
- 1998
- 1997
- 1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
Brenda (voice)
- 1995
- 1994
Takin' Over the Asylum
Grandma · 6 episodes
A Pinch of Snuff
Annabelle Andover
- 1993
The Hour of the Pig
Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre
Eileen Mason
- 1992
Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Inge Middleton · 3 episodes
The Old Devils
Dorothy Morgan
- 1991
- 1990
Survival of the Fittest
Eileen Blackett
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
May · 3 episodes
1980s
- 1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
Madge Kendal · 1 episode
- 1987
Simon and the Witch
The Witch · 25 episodes
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Tabby
The Devil's Disciple
Mrs. Dudgeon
- 1986
- 1985
Time for Murder
Evelyn Smith · 1 episode
Parker
Mrs. Epps
- 1984
Sakharov
Nobel Presenter
The Cold Room
Frau Hoffman
- 1983
Those Glory Glory Days
School Mistress
- 1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Quickly
Spider's Web
Mildred Peake
Our Winnie
Cora
Intensive Care
Alice Duckworth
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Mrs. Palmer
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland
- 1981
The Cause
Olive James
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Mrs Radcliffe
- 1980
Richard's Things
Mrs. Sells
Cribb
Mrs Gurney · 1 episode
Fox
Connie Fox · 13 episodes
The Dybbuk
Frade
The Enigma
Miss Parsons
1970s
- 1979
Julius Caesar
Calphurnia
Afternoon Off
Miss Beckinsale
- 1978
- 1977
Able's Will
Sarah
- 1976
Victorian Scandals
Hannah Cullwick · 1 episode
Love Letters on Blue Paper
Sonia Marsden
- 1974
Leeds United!
Maggie
Village Hall
Maggie Snape · 1 episode
- 1970
1960s
- 1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Marcia
- 1968
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Mrs Murray
- 1965
- 1964
- 1963
Wrote 1
1950s
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Writer
Appearances1
2000s
- 2007
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Herself