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Elizabeth Spriggs
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).
Known For
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
as The Fat Lady
Sense and Sensibility
as Mrs. Jennings
Alice in Wonderland
as Duchess
Lady Chatterley's Lover
as Lady Eva
The Secret Agent
as Winnie's Mother
Paradise Road
as Mrs. Roberts
Impromptu
as Baroness Laginsky
The Barber of Siberia
as Perepiolkina
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
as Schultz
The Hour of the Pig
as Madame Langlois
