Actor · Writer

Elizabeth Spriggs

46 credited titles on WatchWise

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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Elizabeth Spriggs in one minute

Strongest genre

Drama

$54M · 50% hit rate

Biggest hit

Sense and Sensibility

$135M

Standout efficiency

8.4x

Sense and Sensibility · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$63M

Combined reported budget

$12M

Gross / budget

5.2x

Bankability Index

58 / 100

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