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Elizabeth Spriggs (1929–2008)

Actress | Writer

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On screen, she appeared mostly in matriarchal supporting roles, often as indomitable dowagers (very effectively so in Jeeves and Wooster), spinster aunts and aristocratic ladies. She starred in her own, short-lived BBC children's series, Simon and the Witch, playing the title role. See more trivia »

Born:

Elizabeth Jean Williams
in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 78) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
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2008 Is Anybody There?
Prudence
 
2008 Love Soup (TV series)
Penny's Mother
– Integrated Logistics (2008) … Penny's Mother (voice)
 
2006 Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV series)
Mrs Leadbetter
– Taken at the Flood (2006) … Mrs Leadbetter
 
1997-2006 Midsomer Murders (TV series)
Iris Rainbird / Ursula Gooding
– Dead Letters (2006) … Ursula Gooding
– The Killings at Badger's Drift (1997) … Iris Rainbird
 
2005 Jericho (TV series)
Ellen Jericho
– The Hollow Men (2005) … Ellen Jericho
 
1992-2005 Heartbeat (TV series)
Mrs. Andrews / Rene Kirby
– The End of the Road (2005) … Mrs. Andrews
– Rumours (1992) … Rene Kirby
 
2005 Where the Heart Is (TV series)
Maureen
– When All This Is Over (2005) … Maureen
– Care (2005) … Maureen
 
2003-2004 The Royal (TV series)
Dolly Smith
– For Better, for Worse (2004) … Dolly Smith
– If Not for You (2003) … Dolly Smith
 
2004 The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
Laura Pretty
 
2003-2004 Swiss Toni (TV series)
Swiss Toni's Mother
– Listening (2004) … Swiss Toni's Mother
– Fothergill 2000 (2004) … Swiss Toni's Mother
– Pangolin (2004) … Swiss Toni's Mother
– Cable Show (2004) … Swiss Toni's Mother
– Gellward (2004) … Swiss Toni's Mother
See all 12 episodes »
 
2004 Wren: The Man Who Built Britain (TV documentary)
Queen Anne
 
2002 Nice Guy Eddie (TV series)
Vera McMullen
– Episode #1.1 (2002) … Vera McMullen
 
1998-2002 Playing the Field (TV series)
Mrs. Mullen
– Episode #5.1 (2002) … Mrs. Mullen
– Episode #4.1 (2000) … Mrs. Mullen
– Episode #3.1 (2000) … Mrs. Mullen
– Episode #2.7 (1999) … Mrs. Mullen
– Episode #2.6 (1999) … Mrs. Mullen
See all 14 episodes »
 
2002 Shackleton (TV movie)
Janet Stancombe Wills
 
2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Fat Lady
 
2001 Victoria & Albert (TV movie)
Actress in 'The Rivals'
 
2001 Nice Guy Eddie (TV movie)
Vera McMullen
 
2000 The Sleeper (TV movie)
Cath
 
2000 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (TV series)
Mrs. Glauneck
– A Man of Substance (2000) … Mrs. Glauneck
 
1999 Wives and Daughters (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Goodenough
– Episode #1.4 (1999) … Mrs. Goodenough
– Episode #1.3 (1999) … Mrs. Goodenough
– Episode #1.2 (1999) … Mrs. Goodenough
 
1999 A Christmas Carol (TV movie)
Mrs. Riggs
 
1999 Alice in Wonderland (TV movie)
Duchess
 
1998 The Barber of Siberia
Perepelkina (as Elizabet Spriggs)
 
1998 Casualty (TV series)
Barbara Thomas
– Eye Spy (1998) … Barbara Thomas
 
1997 For My Baby
Olga Jenikova
 
1997 Paradise Road
Mrs. Roberts
 
1996 The Secret Agent
Winnie's mother
 
1996 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Mrs. Trask
– A Slight Case of Murder (1996) … Mrs. Trask
 
1996 The Snow Queen's Revenge
Brenda (voice)
 
1995 Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
 
1995 Performance (TV series)
Mistress Quickly
– Henry IV (1995) … Mistress Quickly
 
1982-1995 Shine on Harvey Moon (TV series)
Nan
– Episode #5.12 (1995) … Nan
– Episode #5.11 (1995) … Nan
– Episode #5.10 (1995) … Nan
– Episode #5.9 (1995) … Nan
– Episode #5.8 (1995) … Nan
See all 41 episodes »
 
1995 The Tomorrow People (TV series)
Milicent Rutherford / Millicent / Millicent Rutherford
– The Rameses Connection: Part 5 (1995) … Millicent
– The Rameses Connection: Part 4 (1995) … Milicent Rutherford (credit only)
– The Rameses Connection: Part 3 (1995) … Milicent Rutherford (credit only)
– The Rameses Connection: Part 2 (1995) … Millicent Rutherford
– The Rameses Connection: Part 1 (1995) … Milicent Rutherford
 
1994 Martin Chuzzlewit (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Gamp
– Episode Six (1994) … Mrs. Gamp
– Episode Four (1994) … Mrs. Gamp
– Episode Three (1994) … Mrs. Gamp
 
1994 Takin' Over the Asylum (TV series)
Grandma
– Let It Be (1994) … Grandma
– Rainy Night in Georgia (1994) … Grandma
– Fool on the Hill (1994) … Grandma
– You Always Hurt the One You Love (1994) … Grandma
– Fly Like an Eagle (1994) … Grandma
See all 6 episodes »
 
1994 Alleyn Mysteries (TV series)
Lady Lacklander
– Scales of Justice (1994) … Lady Lacklander
 
1994 Class Act (TV series)
Harriet Mainwaring
– Episode #1.7 (1994) … Harriet Mainwaring
 
1994 A Pinch of Snuff (TV movie)
Annabelle Andover
 
1994 Middlemarch (TV mini-series)
Mrs. Cadwallader
– Episode #1.6 (1994) … Mrs. Cadwallader
– Episode #1.5 (1994) … Mrs. Cadwallader
– Episode #1.4 (1994) … Mrs. Cadwallader
– Episode #1.3 (1994) … Mrs. Cadwallader
– Episode #1.2 (1994) … Mrs. Cadwallader
See all 6 episodes »
 
1993 The Advocate
Madame Langlois
 
1993 Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)
Aunt Agatha Gregson
– The Ex's Are Nearly Married Off (or, the Ties That Bind) (1993) … Aunt Agatha Gregson
– Return to New York (1993) … Aunt Agatha Gregson
 
1993 Lovejoy (TV series)
Daphne Shotley
– Fly the Flag (1993) … Daphne Shotley
 
1993 The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (TV series)
Mrs Mason
– The Last Vampyre (1993) … Mrs Mason
 
1992 Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV series)
Eva Peterlee
– The Mouse in the Corner: Part One (1992) … Eva Peterlee
 
1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV series)
Schultz
– Austria, March 1917 (1992) … Schultz
 
1992 Anglo Saxon Attitudes (TV mini-series)
Inge Middleton
– Episode #1.3 (1992) … Inge Middleton
– Episode #1.2 (1992) … Inge Middleton
– Episode #1.1 (1992) … Inge Middleton
 
1992 The Old Devils (TV mini-series)
Dorothy Morgan
– Clapped-Out Casanovas (1992) … Dorothy Morgan
– Rhiannon's Boys (1992) … Dorothy Morgan
– Love, Lust and Litre Bottles (1992) … Dorothy Morgan
 
1991 Soldier Soldier (TV series)
Mrs. Henwood
– Dirty Work (1991) … Mrs. Henwood
 
1991 Impromptu
Baroness Laginsky (as Elisabeth Spriggs)
 
1988-1991 Watching (TV series)
Aunty Peggy
– Straying (1991) … Aunty Peggy
– Feeding (1991) … Aunty Peggy
– Flitting (1990) … Aunty Peggy
– Proposing (1990) … Aunty Peggy
– Visiting (1988) … Aunty Peggy
 
1990 Boon (TV series)
Mrs. Whitfield
– The Tender Trap (1990) … Mrs. Whitfield
 
1990 Screen One (TV series)
Eileen Blackett
– Survival of the Fittest (1990) … Eileen Blackett
 
1989 Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (TV mini-series)
May
 
1989 Singles (TV series)
Pam's Mother
– Family Likeness (1989) … Pam's Mother
 
1989 Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin (TV series)
Madge Kendal
– Episode #1.5 (1989) … Madge Kendal
– Episode #1.4 (1989) … Madge Kendal
 
1987-1988 Simon and the Witch (TV series)
The Witch
– Episode #2.4 (1988) … The Witch
– Episode #2.3 (1988) … The Witch
– Episode #2.1 (1988) … The Witch
– Episode #2.10 (1988) … The Witch
– Episode #2.11 (1988) … The Witch
See all 14 episodes »
 
1988 A Kind of Living (TV series)
Mrs. Bennett
– Episode #1.6 (1988) … Mrs. Bennett
 
1988 Going Undercover
Mrs. Van Der Reuter
 
1987 Doctor Who (TV series)
Tabby
– Paradise Towers: Part Three (1987) … Tabby
– Paradise Towers: Part Two (1987) … Tabby
– Paradise Towers: Part One (1987) … Tabby
 
1987 Theatre Night (TV series)
Mrs. Dudgeon
– The Devil's Disciple (1987) … Mrs. Dudgeon
 
1985 The Thirteenth Day of Christmas (TV movie)
Evelyn Smith
 
1985 Bergerac (TV series)
Mary Lou Costain
– Return of the Ice Maiden (1985) … Mary Lou Costain
 
1985 Bones
Mrs. Epps
 
1984 Sakharov (TV movie)
Nobel Presenter
 
1984 The Cold Room (TV movie)
Frau Hoffman
 
1984 Strangers and Brothers (TV series)
Lady Muriel Royce
– Episode #1.6 (1984) … Lady Muriel Royce
– Episode #1.5 (1984) … Lady Muriel Royce
– Episode #1.3 (1984) … Lady Muriel Royce
 
1983 Those Glory Glory Days (TV movie)
School Mistress
 
1982 The Merry Wives of Windsor (TV movie)
Mistress Quickly
 
1982 The Spider's Web (TV movie)
Mildred Peake
 
1982 Objects of Affection (TV series)
Cora
– Our Winnie (1982) … Cora
 
1974-1982 Play for Today (TV series)
Alice Duckworth / Maggie / Olive James / …
– Intensive Care (1982) … Alice Duckworth
– The Cause (1981) … Olive James
– Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976) … Sonia Marsden
– Leeds United (1974) … Maggie
 
1982 Frost in May (TV mini-series)
Mother Radcliffe
– Beyond the Glass (1982) … Mother Radcliffe
 
1982 An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Miss Markland
 
1982 The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (TV series)
Mrs. Palmer
– Episode #1.1 (1982) … Mrs. Palmer
– Episode #1.3 (1982) … Mrs. Palmer
– Episode #1.4 (1982) … Mrs. Palmer
– Episode #1.5 (1982) … Mrs. Palmer
– Episode #1.6 (1982) … Mrs. Palmer
See all 6 episodes »
 
1981 Thank You, P.G. Wodehouse (TV movie)
The aunt
 
1981 Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Eva
 
1981 Cribb (TV series)
Mrs. Gurney
– The Choir That Wouldn't Sing (1981) … Mrs. Gurney
 
1981 Bognor (TV series)
Alisa Potts
– Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 6 - Feeding Time (1981) … Alisa Potts
– Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 5 - Dummy Run (1981) … Alisa Potts
– Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 4 - I Am Yellow: Memoirs of a Danish Dog Lover (1981) … Alisa Potts
– Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 3 - Meet the Mole (1981) … Alisa Potts
– Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 2 - A Handful of Ashes (1981) … Alisa Potts
See all 6 episodes »
 
1980-1981 BBC2 Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Radcliffe
– The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe (1981) … Mrs. Radcliffe
– Fothergill (1981)
– The Enigma (1980)
 
1980-1981 Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)
Aunt May / Martha
– The Way to Do It (1981) … Aunt May
– The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby (1980) … Martha
 
1980 Richard's Things
Mrs. Sells
 
1980 We, the Accused (TV mini-series)
Eleanor Presset
 
1980 Fox (TV series)
Connie Fox
– The Family... and the Future (1980) … Connie Fox
– Oh Dear - Oh Dear - Oh Dear! (1980) … Connie Fox
– Just Another Villain in a Cheap Suit (1980) … Connie Fox
– Just an Iron Monkey (1980) … Connie Fox
– Fox: Big 'F' - Family (1980) … Connie Fox
See all 12 episodes »
 
1980 The Dybbuk (TV movie)
 
1979 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Maud Lowder
– The Wings of the Dove (1979) … Maud Lowder
 
1979 Julius Caesar (TV movie)
Calpurnia
 
1979 Afternoon Off (TV movie)
Miss Beckinsale
 
1978 The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV series)
Kate
– The Secret of Charles Dickens (1978) … Kate
 
1977 BBC2 Play of the Week (TV series)
– Able's Will (1977)
 
1976 The Expert (TV series)
Mrs. Kyneston
– A Family Affair (1976) … Mrs. Kyneston
 
1976 Victorian Scandals (TV series)
Hannah
– Hannah (1976) … Hannah
 
1976 The Glittering Prizes (TV mini-series)
Lady Frances
– An Early Life (1976) … Lady Frances
 
1975 Prometheus: The Life of Balzac (TV mini-series)
Comtesse de Berny
 
1975 Village Hall (TV series)
Maggie Snape
– Miss Health and Beauty (1975) … Maggie Snape
 
1973 Black and Blue (TV series)
Eleanor
– Rust (1973) … Eleanor
 
1969 Three Into Two Won't Go
Marcia
 
1968 Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Mrs. Murray
 
1968 All's Well That Ends Well (TV movie)
Widow
 
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1966 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– The Dance of Death (1966) (adaptation)
 
1965 Theatre 625 (TV series)
– Miss Julie (1965) (translation)
 
1956 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
– Miss Julie (1956) (adaptation)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2008 Is Anybody There? (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2006 Behind the Scenes: Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV movie)
Herself (uncredited)
 
2002 The Unforgettable Joan Sims (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
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(July 16, 1963) She acted in John Gay's play, "The Beggar's Opera," at the Aldwych Theatre in London, England in a Royal Shakespeare Company production with Derek Godfrey, Michael Williams, Gareth Morgan, Doris Hare, Dorothy Tutin, Malcolm Rivers, Darien Angadi, Denise Coffey, Patience Collier... See more »

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Alternate Names:

Elisabeth Spriggs | Elizabet Spriggs

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Trivia:

On screen, she appeared mostly in matriarchal supporting roles, often as indomitable dowagers (very effectively so in Jeeves and Wooster), spinster aunts and aristocratic ladies. She starred in her own, short-lived BBC children's series, Simon and the Witch, playing the title role. See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo