Elizabeth Spriggs

Elizabeth Jean Spriggs (18 September 1929 – 2 July 2008) was an English character 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). Provided by Wikipedia