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 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
Harry Potter and the Phil...
The Fat Lady
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Eva
Alice in Wonderland
Duchess
The Barber of Siberia
Perepiolkina
A Christmas Carol
Mrs Riggs
Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts
The Hour of the Pig
Madame Langlois
Impromptu
Baroness Laginsky
The Adventures of Young I...
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