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Elizabeth Spriggs(1929-2008)

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  • Writer
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Elizabeth Spriggs in Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
A drama set in a seaside English town circa 1987, which charts the unlikely friendship that develops between an acerbic old performer and the death-obsessed young son of the homeÂ’s overwhelmed owners.
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Elizabeth Spriggs was born on 18 September 1929 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Sense and Sensibility (1995), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Playing the Field (1998). She was previously married to Murray Manson, Marshall Jones and Kenneth Spriggs. She died on 2 July 2008 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
BornSeptember 18, 1929
DiedJuly 2, 2008(78)
BornSeptember 18, 1929
DiedJuly 2, 2008(78)
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award

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Elizabeth Spriggs in A Christmas Carol (1999)
Elizabeth Spriggs and Tom Wilkinson in Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
Elizabeth Spriggs and Tom Wilkinson in Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
Robert Hardy and Elizabeth Spriggs in Sense and Sensibility (1995)

Known for

Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet in Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Sense and Sensibility
7.7
  • Mrs. Jennings
  • 1995
Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
7.6
  • Fat Lady
  • 2001
Playing the Field (1998)
Playing the Field
7.4
TV Series
  • Mrs Mullen
  • Mrs. Mullen
Eamon Boland, Bernard Hill, Larry Lamb, Derrick O'Connor, Elizabeth Spriggs, Peter Vaughan, and Ray Winstone in Fox (1980)
Fox
8.5
TV Series
  • Connie Fox

Credits

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Actress

  • Is Anybody There? (2008)
    Is Anybody There?
  • Tamsin Greig in Love Soup (2005)
    Love Soup
    • (voice)
  • David Suchet in Poirot (1989)
    Poirot
  • Neil Dudgeon and John Nettles in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Midsomer Murders
  • Jericho (2005)
    Jericho
  • Nick Berry in Heartbeat (1992)
    Heartbeat
  • Where the Heart Is (1997)
    Where the Heart Is
  • Kari Corbett and Damian O'Hare in The Royal (2003)
    The Royal
  • The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004)
    The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
  • Swiss Toni (2003)
    Swiss Toni
  • Wren: The Man Who Built Britain
  • Nice Guy Eddie
  • Playing the Field (1998)
    Playing the Field
  • Kenneth Branagh in Shackleton (2002)
    Shackleton
  • Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Richard Harris, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Writer

  • Festival (1960)
    Festival
  • ITV Play of the Week (1955)
    ITV Play of the Week
  • Theatre 625 (1964)
    Theatre 625
  • Brian Bedford and Elvi Hale in ITV Television Playhouse (1955)
    ITV Television Playhouse
  • Armchair Theatre (1956)
    Armchair Theatre

Soundtrack

  • Playing the Field (1998)
    Playing the Field
    • (uncredited)

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Is Anybody There?
Trailer 2:12
Is Anybody There?
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Trailer 1:31
Lady Chatterley's Lover

Personal details

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    • September 18, 1929
    • Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK
    • July 2, 2008
    • Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK(complications following surgery)
    • 1977 - July 2, 2008 (her death)
  • Other works
    Her theatre credits include: Gertrude in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare , directed by Peter Hall (Aldwych Theatre, London, 1965)
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    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Though not as high profile a change as replacing Richard Harris with Michael Gambon, she too was replaced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), by Dawn French.

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