About
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.
Filmography
Is Anybody There?2009 · Prudence
James Ellis: An Actor's Life2007 · Herself
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls2004
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone2001 · The Fat Lady
The Sleeper2000 · Cath
For My Baby2000 · Olga Jenikova
A Christmas Carol1999 · Mrs. Riggs
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service1999 · Schultz
Alice in Wonderland1999 · Duchess
The Barber of Siberia1998 · Perepiolkina
Paradise Road1997 · Mrs. Roberts
The Secret Agent1996 · Winnie's Mother
The Snow Queen's Revenge1996 · Brenda (voice)
Sense and Sensibility1995 · Mrs. Jennings
A Pinch of Snuff1994 · Annabelle Andover
The Hour of the Pig1993 · Madame Langlois
The Last Vampyre1993 · Eileen Mason
The Old Devils1992 · Dorothy Morgan
Impromptu1991 · Baroness Laginsky
Survival of the Fittest1990 · Eileen Blackett