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- Birth nameElizabeth Jean Williams
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Elizabeth Spriggs was born on September 18, 1929 in Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for Sense and Sensibility (1995), Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) and Paradise Road (1997). She was married to Murray Manson, Marshall Jones and Kenneth Spriggs. She died on July 2, 2008 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK.
- SpousesMurray Manson(1977 - July 2, 2008) (her death)Marshall Jones(1965 - ?) (divorced)Kenneth Spriggs(1951 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- Though not as high profile a change as replacing Richard Harris with Michael Gambon, she too was replaced in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), by Dawn French.
- A mezzo soprano, she studied opera at the Royal School of Music as a teenager. Her singing career was stillborn, however, due to an affliction with bronchial asthma. She consequently opted for an acting career instead, though her first position was as a teacher of speech and drama at Coventry Technical College. She gained her first acting experience with a repertory company in Stockport.
- On screen, she appeared mostly in matriarchal supporting roles, often as indomitable dowagers (very effectively so in Jeeves and Wooster (1990)), spinster aunts and aristocratic ladies. She starred in her own, short-lived BBC children's series, Simon and the Witch (1987), playing the title role.
- The fourth Harry Potter film series cast member to die.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1975 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "London Assurance."
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