Elizabeth Spriggs

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...

Known For

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For My Baby

as Olga Jenikova

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs. Riggs

The Barber of Siberia

as Perepiolkina

Paradise Road

as Mrs. Roberts

The Secret Agent

as Winnie's Mother

The Snow Queen's Revenge

as Brenda (voice)

Sense and Sensibility

as Mrs. Jennings

A Pinch of Snuff

as Annabelle Andover

The Hour of the Pig

as Madame Langlois

The Last Vampyre

as Eileen Mason

The Old Devils

as Dorothy Morgan

Impromptu

as Baroness Laginsky

Survival of the Fittest

as Eileen Blackett

The Devil's Disciple

as Mrs. Dudgeon

Parker

as Mrs. Epps

Sakharov

as Nobel Presenter

The Cold Room

as Frau Hoffman

Those Glory Glory Days

as School Mistress

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Mistress Quickly

Spider's Web

as Mildred Peake

Our Winnie

as Cora

Intensive Care

as Alice Duckworth