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Elizabeth Jean Spriggs -Manson (née Williams) was an English character actress.
1989
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).
Gender
Female
Birthday
September 18, 1929
Died
July 2, 2008
Birthplace
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
Also Known As
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Sense and Sensibility
1995
The Dybbuk
1980
The Hour of the Pig
1993
The Cold Room
1984
Able's Will
1977
Alice in Wonderland
1999
Paradise Road
1997
Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
1987
The Devil's Disciple
1987
The Barber of Siberia
1998
The Old Devils
1992
Survival of the Fittest
1990
A Christmas Carol
1999
Richard's Things
1980
Fox
1980
Impromptu
1991
Sakharov
1984
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1981
Those Glory Glory Days
1983
+ 30 more movies
Midsomer Murders
1997
Midsomer Murders
1997
Agatha Christie's Poirot
1989
Doctor Who
1963
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Play for Today
1970
Casualty
1986
Heartbeat
1992
Heartbeat
1992
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Sherlock Holmes
1984
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Bergerac
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Playhouse
1974
Playhouse
1974
+ 35 more TV shows
