Acting • AGE 78
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 Muc...


Is Anybody There?
Prudence
2009

James Ellis: An Actor's Life
Herself
2007

Jericho
Ellen Jericho
2005

Love Soup
Penny's Mother (voice)
2005

The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
2004

The Royal
Dolly Smith
2003

Shackleton
Janet Stancombe Wills
2002

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
2001

The Sleeper
Cath
2000

For My Baby
Olga Jenikova
2000

A Christmas Carol
Mrs. Riggs
1999

Wives and Daughters
Mrs Goodenough
1999

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service
Schultz
1999

Alice in Wonderland
Duchess
1999

The Barber of Siberia
Perepiolkina
1998

Midsomer Murders
Iris Rainbird
1997

Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts
1997

The Secret Agent
Winnie's Mother
1996

The Snow Queen's Revenge
Brenda (voice)
1996

Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
1995

Martin Chuzzlewit
Mrs Gamp
1994

Takin' Over the Asylum
Grandma
1994

A Pinch of Snuff
Annabelle Andover
1994

Middlemarch
Mrs. Cadwallader
1994

The Hour of the Pig
Madame Langlois
1993

The Last Vampyre
Eileen Mason
1993

Anglo Saxon Attitudes
Inge Middleton
1992

Heartbeat
Rene Kirby
1992

The Old Devils
Dorothy Morgan
1992

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Schultz
1992

Performance
Mistress Quickly
1991

Soldier Soldier
Mrs. Henwood
1991

Impromptu
Baroness Laginsky
1991

Survival of the Fittest
Eileen Blackett
1990

Jeeves and Wooster
Aunt Agatha
1990

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
May
1990

Screen One
Eileen Blackett
1989

Tales from the Crypt
Mrs. Trask
1989

Young Charlie Chaplin
Madge Kendal
1989

Agatha Christie's Poirot
Mrs. Leadbetter
1989

Simon and the Witch
The Witch
1987

Doctor Who: Paradise Towers
Tabby
1987

The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Eva Peterlee
1987

Watching
Aunty Peggy
1987

The Devil's Disciple
Mrs. Dudgeon
1987

Casualty
Barbara Thomas
1986

Lovejoy
Daphne Shotley
1986

Time for Murder
Evelyn Smith
1985

Theatre Night
Mrs. Dudgeon
1985

Parker
Mrs. Epps
1985

Sakharov
Nobel Presenter
1984

Sherlock Holmes
Mrs Mason
1984

The Cold Room
Frau Hoffman
1984

Those Glory Glory Days
School Mistress
1983

The Merry Wives of Windsor
Mistress Quickly
1982

Spider's Web
Mildred Peake
1982

Our Winnie
Cora
1982

Objects of Affection
Cora
1982

Intensive Care
Alice Duckworth
1982

The Haunting of Cassie Palmer
Mrs. Palmer
1982

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland
1982

Shine on Harvey Moon
Nan
1982

Bergerac
Mary Lou Costain
1981

Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Eva
1981

The Cause
Olive James
1981

The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Mrs Radcliffe
1981

Fothergill
Middle Class Woman
1981

Richard's Things
Mrs. Sells
1980

Cribb
Mrs Gurney
1980

Fox
Connie Fox
1980

The Dybbuk
Frade
1980

The Enigma
Miss Parsons
1980

Tales of the Unexpected
Aunt May
1979

Julius Caesar
Calphurnia
1979

Afternoon Off
Miss Beckinsale
1979

The BBC Television Shakespeare
Mistress Quickly
1978

Able's Will
Sarah
1977

BBC2 Play of the Week
Sarah
1977

Victorian Scandals
Hannah Cullwick
1976

Love Letters on Blue Paper
Sonia Marsden
1976

Leeds United!
Maggie
1974

Playhouse
Miss Parsons
1974

Play for Today
Sonia Marsden
1970

3 Into 2 Won't Go
Marcia
1969

Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Mrs Murray
1968

The Expert
Mrs. Kyneston
1968

BBC Play of the Month
Maud Lowder
1965

Theatre 625
1964

Doctor Who
Maddy
1963

Armchair Theatre
Writer
1956