Spriggs, Elizabeth

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ספריגס, אליזבת
Name (Latin)
Spriggs, Elizabeth
Other forms of name
Williams, Elizabeth Jean, 1929-2008
Date of birth
1929-09-18
Date of death
2008-07-02
Field of activity
Acting
Television authorship
Occupation
Actors
Actresses
Character actors and actresses
Screenwriters
Television writers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 13566695
Wikidata: Q272554
Library of congress: n 78031083
HAI10: 000618287
Sources of Information
  • IMDb, May 26, 2020:(Elizabeth Spriggs, actress, writer ; b. September 18, 1929 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK ; d. July 2, 2008 (age 78) in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK)
  • Independent online ed., July 7, 2008(Elizabeth Spriggs; b. Elizabeth Jean Williams, Sept. 18, 1929, Buxton, Derbyshire; m. three times, first to Kenneth Spriggs; d. July 2, 2008, Oxford; versatile character actress)
  • Kirkmorris, J. Death of a pig [SR] 1977 (a.e.)name spoken (Elizabeth Spriggs, Brit. actress)
  • Data from Earplay(Elizabeth Spriggs)

Wikipedia description:

Elizabeth Jean Spriggs (18 September 1929 – 2 July 2008) was an English actress. Spriggs' 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. She received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress for the 1995 film Sense and Sensibility. Her other films included Richard's Things (1980), Impromptu (1991), Paradise Road (1997), and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).

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