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Elizabeth Spriggs

Cast & creator

Elizabeth Spriggs

1929-09-18 (died at 78) Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Midsomer Murders, Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who

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).

Also known as: Elizabeth Jean Williams, Elisabeth Spriggs, Elizabeth Jean Spriggs-Manson, Елізабет Спріггс

Movies

50

film credits

Series

60

television credits

Career

109

1956–2009 · acting roles

Credit score

7.0

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Iris Rainbird · 1997

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Ursula Gooding · 1997

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Maddy · 1963

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Tabby · 1963

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mrs. Leadbetter · 1989

Across film & television

Filmography (110)

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Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Iris Rainbird

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders

Ursula Gooding

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Maddy

Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Tabby

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Mrs. Leadbetter

Casualty

Casualty

Barbara Thomas

Play for Today

Play for Today

Sonia Marsden

Play for Today

Play for Today

Olive James

Play for Today

Play for Today

Alice Duckworth

Play for Today

Play for Today

Maggie

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The Fat Lady

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Rene Kirby

Heartbeat

Heartbeat

Mrs. Andrews

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Aunt May

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected

Martha

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

Maud Lowder

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Mrs Mason

Tales from the Crypt

Tales from the Crypt

Mrs. Trask

Playhouse

Playhouse

Miss Parsons

Playhouse

Playhouse

Middle-Class Woman

Playhouse

Playhouse

Mrs. Radcliffe

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Bergerac

Bergerac

Mary Lou Costain

Performance

Performance

Mistress Quickly

Jeeves and Wooster

Jeeves and Wooster

Aunt Agatha

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

Eva Peterlee

Soldier Soldier

Soldier Soldier

Mrs. Henwood

Lovejoy

Lovejoy

Daphne Shotley

The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare

Mistress Quickly

The Expert

The Expert

Mrs. Kyneston

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

Schultz

Screen One

Screen One

Eileen Blackett

BBC2 Play of the Week

BBC2 Play of the Week

Sarah

Shine on Harvey Moon

Shine on Harvey Moon

Nan

Sense and Sensibility

Sense and Sensibility

Mrs. Jennings

Watching

Watching

Aunty Peggy

Festival

Lampito

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

Theatre Night

Theatre Night

Mrs. Dudgeon

Cribb

Cribb

Mrs Gurney

Second City Firsts

Zena Pool

Love Soup

Love Soup

Penny's Mother (voice)

Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters

Mrs Goodenough

Martin Chuzzlewit

Martin Chuzzlewit

Mrs Gamp

Middlemarch

Middlemarch

Mrs. Cadwallader

Victorian Scandals

Victorian Scandals

Hannah Cullwick

Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

Duchess

Black and Blue

Eleanor Hawkes

Takin' Over the Asylum

Takin' Over the Asylum

Grandma

Shackleton

Shackleton

Janet Stancombe Wills

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

Writer

Fox

Fox

Connie Fox

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

May

Jericho

Jericho

Ellen Jericho

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Inge Middleton

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Chatterley's Lover

Lady Eva

Objects of Affection

Objects of Affection

Cora

A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Mrs. Riggs

Time for Murder

Time for Murder

Evelyn Smith

Village Hall

Village Hall

Maggie Snape

Impromptu

Impromptu

Baroness Laginsky

Young Charlie Chaplin

Young Charlie Chaplin

Madge Kendal

The Hour of the Pig

The Hour of the Pig

Madame Langlois

Prometheus: The Life of Balzac

The Secret Agent

The Secret Agent

Winnie's Mother

The Barber of Siberia

The Barber of Siberia

Perepiolkina

Paradise Road

Paradise Road

Mrs. Roberts

Simon and the Witch

Simon and the Witch

The Witch

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

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

Schultz

The Last Vampyre

The Last Vampyre

Eileen Mason

Nice Guy Eddie

Vera McMullen

Is Anybody There?

Is Anybody There?

Prudence

Richard's Things

Richard's Things

Mrs. Sells

A Pinch of Snuff

A Pinch of Snuff

Annabelle Andover

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers

Tabby

The Devil's Disciple

The Devil's Disciple

Mrs. Dudgeon

James Ellis: An Actor's Life

James Ellis: An Actor's Life

Herself

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls

3 Into 2 Won't Go

3 Into 2 Won't Go

Marcia

The Snow Queen's Revenge

The Snow Queen's Revenge

Brenda (voice)

Those Glory Glory Days

Those Glory Glory Days

School Mistress

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Miss Markland

Fox

Connie Fox

The Royal

The Royal

Dolly Smith

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Mistress Quickly

The Cold Room

The Cold Room

Frau Hoffman

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

Work Is a 4-Letter Word

Mrs Murray

Our Winnie

Our Winnie

Cora

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe

Mrs Radcliffe

Able's Will

Able's Will

Sarah

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer

Mrs. Palmer

Spider's Web

Spider's Web

Mildred Peake

Sakharov

Sakharov

Nobel Presenter

Love Letters on Blue Paper

Love Letters on Blue Paper

Sonia Marsden

All's Well That Ends Well

Widow

Survival of the Fittest

Survival of the Fittest

Eileen Blackett

For My Baby

For My Baby

Olga Jenikova

Afternoon Off

Afternoon Off

Miss Beckinsale

Intensive Care

Intensive Care

Alice Duckworth

Parker

Parker

Mrs. Epps

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

Calphurnia

The Old Devils

The Old Devils

Dorothy Morgan

Leeds United!

Leeds United!

Maggie

The Sleeper

The Sleeper

Cath

The Thirteenth Day of Christmas

Evelyn Smith

The Dybbuk

The Dybbuk

Frade

The Cause

The Cause

Olive James

Rust

Eleanor Hawkes

The Enigma

The Enigma

Miss Parsons

Fothergill

Fothergill

Middle Class Woman