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 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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.211 |
| Birthday | 1929-09-18 |
| Place of Birth | Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Elizabeth Jean Williams, Elisabeth Spriggs, Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson, Елізабет Спріггс, |
1984
Sakharov
7.5/2
Biography of Russian physicist & dissident Andrei Sakharov focuses on his first acts in his civil rights.
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Sakharov
1980
The Dybbuk
0/0
A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.
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The Dybbuk
1990
Survival of the Fittest
0/0
Molly Cowper is a wilful 80-year-old widow who firmly believes the world is there for her convenience. Her mild-mannered son Geoffrey does his best to...
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Survival of the Fittest
1996
The Secret Agent
5.6/47
In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a la...
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The Secret Agent
2000
For My Baby
3.75/4
A young Austrian comedian struggles with the nightmare of his past and a dead sister who refuses to die by laying claim to his soul.
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For My Baby
1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go
5/9
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Manchester, England, begins an affair with a young hitchhiker, Elle Patterson, to emotionally get aw...
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3 Into 2 Won't Go
1979
Julius Caesar
8.7/3
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.
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Julius Caesar
1998
The Barber of Siberia
7.047/161
Douglas is a foreign entrepreneur, who ventures to Russia in 1885 with dreams of selling a new, experimental steam-driven timber harvester in the wild...
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The Barber of Siberia
1995
Sense and Sensibility
7.416/1886
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of for...
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Sense and Sensibility
1974
Leeds United!
10/1
The true story of a strike in 1970 by female textile-factory workers in Leeds who wanted to be paid the same as their male colleagues, but whose effor...
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Leeds United!
1993
The Last Vampyre
7.047/32
Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.
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The Last Vampyre
1982
Intensive Care
9/1
When Denis Midgley's father is rushed to hospital, Midgley drops everything to be by his side. They've never really got on, so Midgley wants to be sur...
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Intensive Care
1979
Afternoon Off
0/0
Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in...
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Afternoon Off
1997
Paradise Road
6.3/95
A group of English, American, Dutch and Australian women creates a vocal orchestra while being imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp on Sumatra during Wor...
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Paradise Road
1999
Alice in Wonderland
6.226/402
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy W...
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Alice in Wonderland
1980
Richard's Things
4.9/12
Following her husband's death, a wife discovers and confronts her husband's lover. Their mutual pain, love, envy and jealousy bring them together in a...
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Richard's Things
2004
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
5.8/10
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The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
1973
Rust
0/0
A deadly virus threatens the population, but a vaccine has been developed. However, it has a devastating side-effect. All is not well in the family of...
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Rust
1981
Lady Chatterley's Lover
5.404/94
After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husba...
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
1968
All's Well That Ends Well
10/1
An adaptation directed by Claude Whatham for the BBC's Theatre 625 slot. Essentially a recording of John Barton's acclaimed Royal Shakespeare Company...
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All's Well That Ends Well
1980
Fox
1/1
The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.
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Fox
2009
Is Anybody There?
6.3/78
A young boy who lives in an old folks' home strikes up a friendship with a retired magician.
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Is Anybody There?
2001
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
7.903/30194
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1983
Those Glory Glory Days
5.333/9
Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the Englis...
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Those Glory Glory Days
1982
Spider's Web
7.222/9
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Spider's Web
1999
A Christmas Carol
6.949/237
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A Christmas Carol
1985
Parker
6.25/4
An Aussie businessman is trying to find out why and by whom he was kidnapped and then later released with no explanation.
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Parker
1985
The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
9/1
A psychotic young man causes trouble during a Christmas gathering with his parents.
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The Thirteenth Day of Christmas
1991
Impromptu
6.1/68
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
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Impromptu
1993
The Hour of the Pig
6.216/44
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The Hour of the Pig
1968
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
6/2
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind wh...
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Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1982
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
5.364/11
After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of t...
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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
5.167/27
Indy finds that he must enlist the help of Hapsburg royalty when he embarks on a dangerous diplomatic mission through enemy-held Europe into the palac...
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
1994
A Pinch of Snuff
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Receiving a tip from his dentist Jack Shorter, policeman Peter Pascoe takes a closer look at the Calliope Kinema Club, a film club notorious for showi...
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A Pinch of Snuff
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
8/3
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
1987
The Devil's Disciple
8/2
Shaw turned to the classic Victorian melodrama to focus on the insincerity of much that his audience held dear, especially family and marriage. In 177...
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The Devil's Disciple
2007
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
0/0
Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.
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James Ellis: An Actor's Life
2000
The Sleeper
6.5/2
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1976
Love Letters on Blue Paper
8/1
Why has Sonia taken to writing letters to her husband, posted to him in the letter-box just outside their house – love letters, on blue paper, recalli...
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1982
The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
10/1
Thirteen-year-old Cassie Palmer, the seventh child of a seventh child, has inherited the gift of second sight. Unsure whether or not she even believes...
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1981
The Cause
0/0
"I wish I could write ... about what Spain was like - a real cause. Not just Cornford, Hemingway and Orwell, but the ordinary blokes who went." A conf...
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1987
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
6.5/4
The Doctor and Mel visit Paradise Towers, a residential complex that promises a peaceful life to its residents. However, the establishment is far from...
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1984
The Cold Room
4.833/6
A girl visiting modern day East Germany with her estranged father begins reliving the horrifying events that happened to a young girl living there dur...
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1992
The Old Devils
0/0
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated...
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The Old Devils
1982
Our Winnie
0/0
Winnie is a mentally handicapped woman who lives with her elderly mother (Cora) and aunt (Ida). They visit the cemetery where Winnie’s father is burie...
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1980
The Enigma
0/0
When John Fielding, MP, disappeared on the way home to his country estates he was, perhaps, cracking the first good joke of his life. Sergeant Jenning...
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The Enigma
1981
Fothergill
0/0
John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most...
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Fothergill
1981
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
0/0
A day in the life of Mrs Radcliffe , who believes that the advice she so freely gives is done only out of kindness.
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The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
1977
Able's Will
0/0
Thomas Able, once a successful writer, has not written since the war. He lies paralysed and dying. His family gather at the family home.
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Able's Will
1996
The Snow Queen's Revenge
5.731/13
The Snow Queen holds Ellie responsible for ruining her plans to freeze the world and sets out to seek revenge. She kidnaps Dimly the flying reindeer a...
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