2001Winner
Best Performance
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Elizabeth Spriggs
Actor
Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
September 18, 1929
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).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1995Nominee
Best Performance
Sense and Sensibility
1999Nominee
Best Performance
Alice in Wonderland
Career Highlights
1981Highlight
Best Performance
Lady Chatterley's Lover
1999Highlight
Best Performance
A Christmas Carol
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Sense and Sensibility
Alice in Wonderland