Birth Day: 1929-09-18
Place of birth: Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
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).
Credits
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As Prudence -
As Herself -
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As The Fat Lady -
As Cath -
As Olga Jenikova -
As Mrs. Riggs -
As Schultz -
As Duchess -
As Perepiolkina -
As Mrs. Roberts -
As Brenda (voice) -
As Winnie's Mother -
As Mrs. Jennings -
As Annabelle Andover -
As Madame Langlois -
As Eileen Mason -
As Dorothy Morgan -
As Baroness Laginsky -
As Eileen Blackett -
As Tabby -
As Mrs. Dudgeon -
As Mrs. Epps -
As Evelyn Smith
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As Frau Hoffman -
As Nobel Presenter -
As School Mistress -
As Mrs. Palmer -
As Cora -
As Mistress Quickly -
As Miss Markland -
As Alice Duckworth -
As Mildred Peake -
As Lady Eva -
As Mrs Radcliffe -
As Middle Class Woman -
As Olive James -
As Connie Fox
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As Mrs. Sells -
As Miss Parsons -
As Frade -
As Calphurnia -
As Miss Beckinsale -
As Sarah -
As Sonia Marsden -
As Maggie -
As Eleanor Hawkes
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As Marcia -
As Widow
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As Mrs Murray