Elizabeth Spriggs

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 Weskers 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 Richards Things 1980 Impromptu 1991 Paradise Road 1997 and Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone 2001