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Elizabeth Spriggs

ACTOR · FROM BUXTON, UK

Elizabeth Spriggs

1929–2008101 credits since 1956

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In the pictureSense and Sensibility

ABOUT ELIZABETH

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.

Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.

Born18 September 1929

Died2 July 2008

BirthplaceBuxton, UK

Known forActing

On Cineora38 of 101 titles

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Sense and Sensibility poster

Movie

Sense and Sensibility

1995IMDb7.7

Wives and Daughters poster

Series

Wives and Daughters

1999IMDb8.1

Lady Chatterley's Lover poster

Movie

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981IMDb5.2

Middlemarch poster

Series

1994IMDb7.4

The Last Vampyre poster

Movie

The Last Vampyre

1993IMDb6.6

Takin' Over the Asylum poster

Series

Takin' Over the Asylum

1994–1999IMDb8.5

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit poster

Series

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

1990IMDb7.7

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman poster

Movie

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

1982IMDb6.0

Richard's Things poster

Movie

Richard's Things

1980IMDb5.6

Career

IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.

Titles on Cineora: 38
Average IMDb: 7.1
Highest rated: Sherlock HolmesIMDb 8.7
Working since: 1956

Size: how widely seen

Filmography

101 credits

The 2000s

11 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average

Is Anybody There? poster

Movie

Is Anybody There?

2009IMDb6.6

as Prudence

Not on Cineora

Jericho

2005

as Ellen Jericho · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Love Soup

2005

as Penny's Mother (voice) · 1 episode

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls poster

Movie

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

2004IMDb5.4

The Royal poster

Series

2003–2011IMDb7.5

as Dolly Smith · 2 episodes

Nice Guy Eddie

Not on Cineora

Nice Guy Eddie

2002

as Vera McMullen · 6 episodes

Shackleton poster

Series

2002IMDb7.6

as Janet Stancombe Wills · 1 episode

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone poster

Movie

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001IMDb7.7

as The Fat Lady

The 1990s

26 titles · IMDb 7.1 on average

A Christmas Carol poster

Movie

A Christmas Carol

1999IMDb7.4

as Mrs. Riggs

Wives and Daughters poster

Series

Wives and Daughters

1999IMDb8.1

as Mrs Goodenough · 3 episodes

Not on Cineora

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service

1999TMDB5.2

as Schultz

Alice in Wonderland poster

Movie

Alice in Wonderland

1999IMDb6.3

as Duchess

The Barber of Siberia poster

Movie

The Barber of Siberia

1998IMDb7.6

as Perepiolkina

Midsomer Murders poster

Series

Midsomer Murders

1997–IMDb7.9

as Iris Rainbird · 1 episode

Paradise Road poster

Movie

1997IMDb6.8

as Mrs. Roberts

The Secret Agent poster

Movie

The Secret Agent

1996IMDb5.6

as Winnie's Mother

The 1980s

39 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average

Not on Cineora

Screen One

1989

as Eileen Blackett · 1 episode

Tales from the Crypt poster

Series

Tales from the Crypt

1989–1996IMDb8.0

as Mrs. Trask · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Young Charlie Chaplin

1989

as Madge Kendal · 1 episode

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Series

Agatha Christie's Poirot

1989–2013IMDb8.6

as Mrs. Leadbetter · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Simon and the Witch

1987

as The Witch · 25 episodes

Not on Cineora

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

1987

as Tabby

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries poster

Series

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

1987–2000IMDb6.9

as Eva Peterlee · 1 episode

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Watching

1987

as Aunty Peggy · 5 episodes

The 1970s

16 titles · IMDb 7.7 on average

Tales of the Unexpected poster

Series

Tales of the Unexpected

1979–1988IMDb7.6

as Aunt May · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Julius Caesar

1979

as Calphurnia

Not on Cineora

Afternoon Off

1979

as Miss Beckinsale

Not on Cineora

The BBC Television Shakespeare

1978

as Mistress Quickly · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Able's Will

1977

as Sarah

Not on Cineora

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Sarah · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Victorian Scandals

1976

as Hannah Cullwick · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Love Letters on Blue Paper

1976

as Sonia Marsden

The 1960s

8 titles · IMDb 8.4 on average

Not on Cineora

3 Into 2 Won't Go

1969

as Marcia

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Work Is a 4-Letter Word

1968

as Mrs Murray

Not on Cineora

The Expert

1968

as Mrs. Kyneston · 1 episode

All's Well That Ends Well

Not on Cineora

All's Well That Ends Well

1968

as Widow

Not on Cineora

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Maud Lowder · 1 episode

Not on Cineora

Theatre 625

1964

1 episode

Doctor Who poster

Series

1963–1989IMDb8.4

as Maddy

Festival

Not on Cineora

Festival

1963

as Lampito · 1 episode

Often works with

The people who keep turning up in Elizabeth’s titles.

Hugh GrantSense and Sensibility and Impromptu

Emma ThompsonSense and Sensibility and Impromptu

Hugh LaurieJeeves and Wooster and The Snow Queen's Revenge

Alan RickmanHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Sense and Sensibility

Richard HarrisHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and The Barber of Siberia

Harriet WalterSense and Sensibility and The Hour of the Pig

Robbie ColtraneHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Alice in Wonderland

Juliet AubreyMiddlemarch and The Last Vampyre

Jeremy BrettSherlock Holmes and The Last Vampyre

Tom BakerDoctor Who and Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)