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).
Filmography
Cast Credits
Harry Potter and the Deathly Weapons
Character: The Fat Lady
MOVIE • 2020
Is Anybody There?
Character: Prudence
MOVIE • 2009
James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Character: Herself
MOVIE • 2007
Jericho
Character: Ellen Jericho
TV • 2005
Love Soup
Character: Penny's Mother (voice)
TV • 2005
The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Character:
MOVIE • 2004
The Royal
Character: Dolly Smith
TV • 2003
Nice Guy Eddie
Character: Vera McMullen
TV • 2002
Shackleton
Character: Janet Stancombe Wills
TV • 2002
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Character: The Fat Lady
MOVIE • 2001
The Sleeper
Character: Cath
MOVIE • 2000
For My Baby
Character: Olga Jenikova
MOVIE • 2000
Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)
Character:
TV • 2000
A Christmas Carol
Character: Mrs. Riggs
MOVIE • 1999
Wives and Daughters
Character: Mrs. Goodenough
TV • 1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Character: Schultz
MOVIE • 1999
Alice in Wonderland
Character: Duchess
MOVIE • 1999
The Barber of Siberia
Character: Perepiolkina
MOVIE • 1998
Midsomer Murders
Character: Iris Rainbird
TV • 1997
Midsomer Murders
Character: Ursula Gooding
TV • 1997