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Date of Birth:
Trivia:
Was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured... more
Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another
1 nomination
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Alternate Names:
Elisabeth Spriggs
US TV Schedule:
Filmography
Actress:
- Is Anybody There? (2008) .... Prudence
... aka Is Anybody There? (UK: new title) (USA)
... aka Is There Anybody There? (Canada: English title: festival title) - "Love Soup" .... Penny's mother (1 episode, 2008)
... aka Love Soup 2 (UK: DVD box title)
- Integrated Logistics (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Penny's mother - "Agatha Christie: Poirot" .... Mrs Leadbetter (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Agatha Christie's Poirot (UK: complete title)
... aka Poirot (Australia)
- Taken at the Flood (2006) TV episode .... Mrs Leadbetter - "Midsomer Murders" .... Iris Rainbird / ... (2 episodes, 1997-2006)
- Dead Letters (2006) TV episode .... Ursula Gooding
- The Killings at Badger's Drift (1997) TV episode .... Iris Rainbird - "Jericho" .... Ellen Jericho (1 episode, 2005)
- The Hollow Men (2005) TV episode .... Ellen Jericho - "Heartbeat" .... Mrs. Andrews / ... (2 episodes, 1992-2005)
... aka Classic Heartbeat (UK: rerun title)
- The End of the Road (2005) TV episode .... Mrs. Andrews
- Rumours (1992) TV episode .... Rene Kirby - "Where the Heart Is" .... Maureen (2 episodes, 2005)
- When All This Is Over (2005) TV episode .... Maureen
- Care (2005) TV episode .... Maureen - "The Royal" .... Dolly Smith (2 episodes, 2003-2004)
- For Better, for Worse (2004) TV episode .... Dolly Smith
- If Not for You (2003) TV episode .... Dolly Smith - The Queen of Sheba's Pearls (2004) .... Laura Pretty
- "Swiss Toni" .... Swiss Toni's Mother (12 episodes, 2003-2004)
- Listening (2004) TV episode .... Swiss Toni's Mother
- Fothergill 2000 (2004) TV episode .... Swiss Toni's Mother
- Pangolin (2004) TV episode .... Swiss Toni's Mother
- Cable Show (2004) TV episode .... Swiss Toni's Mother
- Gellward (2004) TV episode .... Swiss Toni's Mother
(7 more) - Wren: The Man Who Built Britain (2004) (TV) .... Queen Anne
- "Nice Guy Eddie" (2002) TV series .... Vera McMullen (unknown episodes)
- Shackleton (2002) (TV) .... Janet Stancombe Wills
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) .... Fat Lady
... aka Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Canada: English title) (International: English title) (UK)
... aka Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (USA: alternative title) - Victoria & Albert (2001) (TV) .... Actress in 'The Rivals'
- Nice Guy Eddie (2001) (TV) .... Vera McMullen
- The Sleeper (2000) (TV) .... Cath
- "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)" .... Mrs. Glauneck (1 episode, 2000)
- A Man of Substance (2000) TV episode .... Mrs. Glauneck - "Wives and Daughters" .... Mrs. Goodenough (3 episodes, 1999)
- Episode #1.4 (1999) TV episode .... Mrs. Goodenough
- Episode #1.3 (1999) TV episode .... Mrs. Goodenough
- Episode #1.2 (1999) TV episode .... Mrs. Goodenough - A Christmas Carol (1999) (TV) .... Mrs. Riggs
- Alice in Wonderland (1999) (TV) .... Duchess
... aka Alice im Wunderland (Germany) - "Playing the Field" .... Mrs. Mullen (1 episode, 1999)
- Episode #2.2 (1999) TV episode .... Mrs. Mullen - Sibirskiy tsiryulnik (1998) .... Perepyolkina
... aka Сибирскiй цирюльникъ (Russia)
... aka Il barbiere di Siberia (Italy)
... aka Le barbier de Sibérie (France)
... aka The Barber of Siberia (International: English title) - "Casualty" .... Barbara Thomas (1 episode, 1998)
- Eye Spy (1998) TV episode .... Barbara Thomas - For My Baby (1997) .... Olga Jenikova
... aka Goodnight Vienna (USA: MIFED title) - Paradise Road (1997) .... Mrs. Roberts
- The Secret Agent (1996) .... Winnie's mother
... aka Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent - "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1996)
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- A Slight Case of Murder (1996) TV episode - The Snow Queen's Revenge (1996) (voice) .... Betty
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) .... Mrs. Jennings
- "Performance" .... Mistress Quickly (1 episode, 1995)
- Henry IV (1995) TV episode .... Mistress Quickly - "Shine on Harvey Moon" .... Nan (41 episodes, 1982-1995)
- Episode #5.12 (1995) TV episode .... Nan
- Episode #5.11 (1995) TV episode .... Nan
- Episode #5.10 (1995) TV episode .... Nan
- Episode #5.9 (1995) TV episode .... Nan
- Episode #5.8 (1995) TV episode .... Nan
(36 more) - "The Tomorrow People" .... Milicent Rutherford (3 episodes, 1995)
- The Rameses Connection: Part 5 (1995) TV episode .... Milicent Rutherford
- The Rameses Connection: Part 2 (1995) TV episode .... Milicent Rutherford
- The Rameses Connection: Part 1 (1995) TV episode .... Milicent Rutherford - "Martin Chuzzlewit" .... Mrs. Gamp (4 episodes, 1994)
- Episode #1.6 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Gamp
- Episode #1.4 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Gamp
- Episode #1.3 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Gamp
- Episode #1.1 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Gamp - "Takin' Over the Asylum" .... Grandma (6 episodes, 1994)
- Let It Be (1994) TV episode .... Grandma
- Rainy Night in Georgia (1994) TV episode .... Grandma
- Fool on the Hill (1994) TV episode .... Grandma
- You Always Hurt the One You Love (1994) TV episode .... Grandma
- Fly Like an Eagle (1994) TV episode .... Grandma
(1 more) - "Alleyn Mysteries" .... Lady Lacklander (1 episode, 1994)
... aka Inspector Alleyn
... aka Ngaio Marsh's Alleyn Mysteries (UK: complete title)
... aka The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (Australia)
- Scales of Justice (1994) TV episode .... Lady Lacklander - "Class Act" .... Harriet Mainwaring (1 episode, 1994)
- Episode #1.7 (1994) TV episode .... Harriet Mainwaring - A Pinch of Snuff (1994) (TV) .... Annabelle Andover
- "Middlemarch" .... Mrs. Cadwallader (6 episodes, 1994)
- Episode #1.6 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Cadwallader
- Episode #1.5 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Cadwallader
- Episode #1.4 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Cadwallader
- Episode #1.3 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Cadwallader
- Episode #1.2 (1994) TV episode .... Mrs. Cadwallader
(1 more) - The Hour of the Pig (1993) .... Madame Langlois
... aka The Advocate - "Jeeves and Wooster" .... Aunt Agatha Gregson (2 episodes, 1993)
... aka P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves and Wooster (Australia)
- The Ex's Are Nearly Married Off (1993) TV episode .... Aunt Agatha Gregson
- Return to New York (1993) TV episode .... Aunt Agatha Gregson - "Lovejoy" .... Daphne Shotley (1 episode, 1993)
- Fly the Flag (1993) TV episode .... Daphne Shotley - "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" .... Mrs. Mason (1 episode, 1993)
- The Last Vampyre (1993) TV episode .... Mrs. Mason - "Ruth Rendell Mysteries" .... Eva Peterlee (1 episode, 1992)
- The Mouse in the Corner: Part One (1992) TV episode .... Eva Peterlee - "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" .... Schultz (1 episode, 1992)
- Austria, March 1917 (1992) TV episode .... Schultz - "Anglo Saxon Attitudes" .... Inge Middleton (3 episodes, 1992)
- Episode #1.3 (1992) TV episode .... Inge Middleton
- Episode #1.2 (1992) TV episode .... Inge Middleton
- Episode #1.1 (1992) TV episode .... Inge Middleton - "The Old Devils" .... Dorothy Morgan (3 episodes, 1992)
- Clapped-Out Casanovas (1992) TV episode .... Dorothy Morgan
- Rhiannon's Boys (1992) TV episode .... Dorothy Morgan
- Love, Lust and Litre Bottles (1992) TV episode .... Dorothy Morgan - "Soldier Soldier" .... Mrs. Henwood (1 episode, 1991)
- Dirty Work (1991) TV episode .... Mrs. Henwood - Impromptu (1991) (as Elisabeth Spriggs) .... Baroness Laginsky
- "Watching" .... Aunty Peggy (5 episodes, 1988-1991)
- Straying (1991) TV episode .... Aunty Peggy
- Feeding (1991) TV episode .... Aunty Peggy
- Flitting (1990) TV episode .... Aunty Peggy
- Proposing (1990) TV episode .... Aunty Peggy
- Visiting (1988) TV episode .... Aunty Peggy - "Boon" .... Mrs. Whitfield (1 episode, 1990)
- The Tender Trap (1990) TV episode .... Mrs. Whitfield - Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990) (TV) .... May
- "Young Charlie Chaplin" .... Madge Kendal (2 episodes, 1989)
... aka Charlie Chaplin (Australia: short title)
... aka Wonderworks: Young Charlie Chaplin (USA)
- Episode #1.5 (1989) TV episode .... Madge Kendal
- Episode #1.4 (1989) TV episode .... Madge Kendal - Yellow Pages (1988) .... Mrs. Van Der Reuter
... aka Going Undercover (USA) - "Doctor Who" .... Tabby (3 episodes, 1987)
- Paradise Towers: Part 3 (1987) TV episode .... Tabby
- Paradise Towers: Part 2 (1987) TV episode .... Tabby
- Paradise Towers: Part 1 (1987) TV episode .... Tabby - The Devil's Disciple (1987) (TV) .... Mrs. Dudgeon
- "Simon and the Witch" (1987) TV series .... The Witch
- The Thirteenth Day of Christmas (1985) (TV) .... Evelyn Smith
... aka Time for Murder: The Thirteenth Day of Christmas (UK: series title) - "Bergerac" .... Mary Lou Costain (1 episode, 1985)
- Return of the Ice Maiden (1985) TV episode .... Mary Lou Costain - Sakharov (1984) (TV) .... Nobel Presenter
- The Cold Room (1984) (TV) .... Frau Hoffman
... aka The Prisoner - "Strangers and Brothers" .... Lady Muriel Royce (3 episodes, 1984)
- Episode #1.6 (1984) TV episode .... Lady Muriel Royce
- Episode #1.5 (1984) TV episode .... Lady Muriel Royce
- Episode #1.3 (1984) TV episode .... Lady Muriel Royce - Parker (1984) .... Mrs. Epps
... aka Bones (USA) - Those Glory Glory Days (1983) (TV) .... Mistress
- The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) (TV) .... Mistress Quickly
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor (USA: video title) - The Spider's Web (1982) (TV) .... Mildred Peake
- "Objects of Affection" .... Cora (1 episode, 1982)
- Our Winnie (1982) TV episode .... Cora - "Play for Today" .... Alice Duckworth / ... (4 episodes, 1974-1982)
- Intensive Care (1982) TV episode .... Alice Duckworth
- The Cause (1981) TV episode .... Olive James
- Love Letters on Blue Paper (1976) TV episode .... Sonia Marsden
- Leeds United (1974) TV episode .... Maggie - "Frost in May" (1982) TV mini-series .... Mother Radcliffe (unknown episodes)
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982) .... Miss Markland
- "The Haunting of Cassie Palmer" (1982) TV series .... Mrs. Palmer (unknown episodes)
- Thank You, P.G. Wodehouse (1981) (TV) .... The aunt
- "Crown Court" .... Janet Godfrey (1 episode, 1981)
- Embers (1981) TV episode .... Janet Godfrey - Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981) .... Lady Eva
... aka L'amant de lady Chatterley (France)
... aka Lady Chatterley's Liebhaber (West Germany) - "Cribb" .... Mrs. Gurney (1 episode, 1981)
- The Choir That Wouldn't Sing (1981) TV episode .... Mrs. Gurney - "Bognor" .... Alisa Potts (6 episodes, 1981)
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 6 - Feeding Time (1981) TV episode .... Alisa Potts
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 5 - Dummy Run (1981) TV episode .... Alisa Potts
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 4 - I Am Yellow: Memoirs of a Danish Dog Lover (1981) TV episode .... Alisa Potts
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 3 - Meet the Mole (1981) TV episode .... Alisa Potts
- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie: Part 2 - A Handful of Ashes (1981) TV episode .... Alisa Potts
(1 more) - "BBC2 Playhouse" .... Mrs. Radcliffe (3 episodes, 1980-1981)
- The Kindness of Mrs. Radcliffe (1981) TV episode .... Mrs. Radcliffe
- Fothergill (1981) TV episode
- The Enigma (1980) TV episode - "Tales of the Unexpected" .... Aunt May / ... (2 episodes, 1980-1981)
... aka Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpected
- The Way to Do It (1981) TV episode .... Aunt May
- The Orderly World of Mr. Appleby (1980) TV episode .... Martha - Richard's Things (1980) .... Mrs. Sells
- "We, the Accused" (1980) TV mini-series .... Eleanor Presset
... aka Mystery!: We, the Accused (USA: alternative title) - "Fox" .... Connie Fox (10 episodes, 1980)
- The Family... and the Future (1980) TV episode .... Connie Fox
- Oh Dear, Oh Dear, Oh Dear! (1980) TV episode .... Connie Fox
- Fox Big F Family (1980) TV episode .... Connie Fox
- If It's Good Enough for New Orleans It's Good Enough for Clapham (1980) TV episode .... Connie Fox
- The Perfect Scapegoat Syndrome (1980) TV episode .... Connie Fox
(5 more) - "BBC Play of the Month" .... Maud Lowder (1 episode, 1979)
- The Wings of the Dove (1979) TV episode .... Maud Lowder - Julius Caesar (1979) (TV) .... Calpurnia
... aka The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar (USA: video title) - Afternoon Off (1979) (TV) .... Miss. Beckinsale
... aka Six Plays by Alan Bennett: Afternoon Off (UK: series title) - "The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People" .... Kate (1 episode, 1978)
- The Secret of Charles Dickens (1978) TV episode .... Kate - "BBC2 Play of the Week" (1 episode, 1977)
- Able's Will (1977) TV episode - "The Expert" .... Mrs. Kyneston (1 episode, 1976)
- A Family Affair (1976) TV episode .... Mrs. Kyneston - "Victorian Scandals" .... Hannah (1 episode, 1976)
- Hannah (1976) TV episode .... Hannah - "The Glittering Prizes" .... Lady Frances (1 episode, 1976)
- An Early Life (1976) TV episode .... Lady Frances - "Prometheus: The Life of Balzac" (1975) TV mini-series .... Comtesse de Berny
- "Village Hall" .... Maggie Snape (1 episode, 1975)
- Miss Health and Beauty (1975) TV episode .... Maggie Snape - "Black and Blue" .... Eleanor (1 episode, 1973)
- Rust (1973) TV episode .... Eleanor - Three Into Two Won't Go (1969) .... Marcia
- Work Is a 4-Letter Word (1968) .... Mrs. Murray
... aka Work Is a Four Letter Word - All's Well That Ends Well (1968) (TV) .... Widow
Writer:
- "Theatre 625" (1 episode, 1965)
- Miss Julie (1965) TV episode (translation) - "Armchair Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
- Miss Julie (1956) TV episode (adaptation)
Self:
- Behind the Scenes: Agatha Christie's Poirot (2006) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
- The Unforgettable Joan Sims (2002) (TV) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999) (V) .... Schultz
Additional Details
Other Works:
Her theatre credits include: Gertrude in "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare , directed by Peter Hall (Aldwych Theatre, London, 1965)
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