Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Spriggs

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

18/09/1929

Day of Death

02/07/2008
(79) years old

Place of Birth

Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

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 Weske... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2009

Is Anybody There?

as Prudence

2000

The Sleeper

as Cath

2000

For My Baby

as Olga Jenikova

1999

A Christmas Carol

as Mrs Riggs

1999

Alice in Wonderland

as Duchess

1998

The Barber of Siberia

as Perepiolkina

1997

Paradise Road

as Mrs. Roberts

1996

The Secret Agent

as Winnie's Mother

1996

The Snow Queen's Revenge

as Brenda (voice)

1995

Sense and Sensibility

as Mrs. Jennings

1994

A Pinch of Snuff

as Annabelle Andover

1993

The Hour of the Pig

as Madame Langlois

1993

The Last Vampyre

as Eileen Mason

1992

The Old Devils

as Dorothy Morgan

1991

Impromptu

as Baroness Laginsky

1990

Survival of the Fittest

as Eileen Blackett

1987

The Devil's Disciple

as Mrs. Dudgeon

1985

Parker

as Mrs. Epps

1984

Sakharov

as Nobel Presenter

1984

The Cold Room

as Frau Hoffman

1983

Those Glory Glory Days

as School Mistress

1982

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Mistress Quickly

1982

Spider's Web

as Mildred Peake

1982

Our Winnie

as Cora

1982

Intensive Care

as Alice Duckworth

1982

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

as Miss Markland

1981

The Cause

as Olive James

1981

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

as Mrs Radcliffe

1981

Fothergill

as Middle Class Woman

1980

Richard's Things

as Mrs. Sells

1980

Fox

as Connie Fox

1980

The Dybbuk

as Frade

1980

The Enigma

as Miss Parsons

1979

Julius Caesar

as Calphurnia

1979

Afternoon Off

as Miss Beckinsale

1977

Able's Will

as Sarah

1976

Love Letters on Blue Paper

as Sonia Marsden

1974

Leeds United!

as Maggie

1973

Rust

as Eleanor Hawkes

1969

3 Into 2 Won't Go

as Marcia

1968

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

as Mrs Murray