Elizabeth Spriggs

Wednesday, 18th September 1929 - Wednesday, 2nd July 2008

British character actress best known for her first notable role as the Fat Lady in the painting that guarded the entrance to Gryffindor House in Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). Spriggs made frequent appearances as a supporting actress in nearly 100 episodes of English TV drama and comedy series, including Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who, Tomorrow People, HBO's Tales from the Crypt, and most recently Jane & Prudence. She died in London, England on July 2, 2008.

	Spider's Web	1960
	Work Is a 4-Letter Word Mrs. Murray	1967
	Three into Two Won't Go Marcia	1969
	Unsuitable Job for a Woman Miss Markland	1981
	Lady Chatterley's Lover Lady Eva	1981
	Cold Room Frau Hoffman	1984
	Those Glory, Glory Days Mistress	1984
	Going Undercover Mrs. Van Der Reuter	1988
	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit May	1989
	Impromptu Baroness Lagensey	1991
	Anglo Saxon Attitudes	1992
	Advocate Madame Langlois	1993
	Middlemarch Mrs. Cadwallader	1994
	Sense and Sensibility Mrs Jennings	1995
	Secret Agent Winnie's Mother	1996
	Paradise Road Mrs. Roberts	1997
	Alice in Wonderland Duchess	1999
	Christmas Carol Mrs Riggs	1999
	Victoria & Albert "The Rivals" Cast Member	2001
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone The Fat Lady	2001
	Shackleton Janet Stancombe Wills	2002
	Is Anybody There? Prudence	2008

	BBC Plays Able's Will	77
	BBC Plays The Dybbuk	80
	BBC Plays The Wings Of A Dove	79
	BBC Plays Julius Caesar	79
	BBC Plays Fothergill	81
	BBC Plays Kindness Of Mrs	81
	BBC Plays Frost In May	82
	BBC Plays Our Winnie	82
	BBC Plays The Spider's Web	82
	BBC Plays Merry Wives Of Windsor	82
	Glittering Prizes Glit	76
	Festival Lysistrata Lampito	01/15/1964
	Theatre 625 All's Well That Ends Well	06/03/1968
	Black and Blue Rust Eleanor	09/04/1973
	Play for Today Leeds United	10/31/1974
	BBC Shakespeare Julius Caesar Calpurnia	02/11/1975
	Play for Today Love Letters On Blue Paper	03/02/1976
	Play of the Week Able's Will	10/05/1977
	By Alan Bennett ... Six Plays Afternoon Off Miss Beckinsale	02/03/1979
	Play of the Month The Wings of the Dove Maud Lowder	04/08/1979
	Fox King Billy Connie Fox	03/10/1980
	Fox Pugilism Not Vandalism Connie Fox	03/24/1980
	Fox It's All Them Psychia-Whatever-You-Call-It Books He Reads Connie Fox	03/31/1980
	Fox Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble Connie Fox	04/07/1980
	Fox Stick or Twist Connie Fox	04/14/1980
	Fox The Perfect Scapegoat Syndrome Connie Fox	04/21/1980
	Fox If It's Good Enough for New Orleans It's Good Enough for Clapham Connie Fox	04/28/1980
	Fox Fox: Big 'F' - Family Connie Fox	05/05/1980
	Fox Just an Iron Monkey Connie Fox	05/12/1980
	Fox Just Another Villain in a Cheap Suit Connie Fox	05/19/1980
	Fox Oh Dear - Oh Dear - Oh Dear! Connie Fox	05/26/1980
	Fox The Family... and the Future Connie Fox	06/02/1980
	Play for Today The Cause	02/03/1981
	Shine on Harvey Moon Hail the Conquering Hero Nan	01/08/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon Getting to Know You Nan	01/15/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon Who's Afraid of Virginia Flake? Nan	01/22/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon Sweet F.A. Nan	01/29/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon The Rough with the Smooth Nan	02/05/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon A Christmas Truce Nan	02/12/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon Getting Results Nan	09/10/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon A Deal with the Devil Nan	09/17/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon In Sickness and in Health Nan	09/24/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon The Party Line Nan	10/01/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon The Course of True Love Nan	10/08/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon Safe as Houses Nan	10/15/1982
	Play for Today Intensive Care	11/09/1982
	Shine on Harvey Moon Goodnight Sweetheart Nan	06/01/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon Pick Yourself Up, Dust Yourself Down And... Nan	06/08/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon Sisters and Brothers Nan	06/15/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair Nan	06/22/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon Sentimental Journey Nan	06/29/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon Goodnight Vienna Nan	07/06/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon Baby It's Cold Outside Nan	07/13/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon Fools Rush In Nan	07/20/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year Nan	07/27/1984
	Shine on Harvey Moon Kind Hearts and Coronets Nan	07/05/1985
	Shine on Harvey Moon Anything Goes... Nan	07/12/1985
	Shine on Harvey Moon Mud Sticks.... Nan	07/19/1985
	Shine on Harvey Moon Love Is Blind Nan	07/26/1985
	Shine on Harvey Moon Lover, Come Back to Me Nan	08/02/1985
	Shine on Harvey Moon All, or Nothing at All Nan	08/09/1985
	Shine on Harvey Moon We're in the Money Nan	08/16/1985
	Shine on Harvey Moon Love and Marriage Nan	08/23/1985
	Doctor Who Paradise Towers Tabby	10/05/1987
	Doctor Who Paradise Towers: Part 2 Tabby	10/12/1987
	Doctor Who Paradise Towers: Part 3 Tabby	10/19/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 1 The Witch	11/16/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 2 The Witch	11/17/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 3 The Witch	11/23/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 4 The Witch	11/24/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 5 The Witch	11/30/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 6 The Witch	12/01/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 7 The Witch	12/07/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 8 The Witch	12/08/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 9 The Witch	12/14/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 10 The Witch	12/15/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 11 The Witch	12/21/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 12 The Witch	12/22/1987
	Simon and the Witch Part 13 The Witch	12/29/1987
	Old Devils Love, Lust and Litre Bottles Dorothy Morgan	03/16/1992
	Indiana Jones Chronicles Austria, March 1917 Schultz	09/21/1992
	Ruth Rendell Mysteries The Mouse in the Corner: Part One Eva Peterlee	10/18/1992
	Sherlock Holmes The Last Vampyre Mrs. Mason	01/27/1993
	Takin' Over the Asylum Let It Be Grandma	11/01/1994
	Martin Chuzzlewit Episode Three Mrs. Gamp	11/21/1994
	Martin Chuzzlewit Episode Four Mrs. Gamp	11/28/1994
	Martin Chuzzlewit Episode Six Mrs. Gamp	12/12/1994
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.1 Nan	04/23/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.2 Nan	04/30/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.3 Nan	05/07/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.4 Nan	05/14/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.5 Nan	05/21/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.6 Nan	05/28/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.7 Nan	07/14/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.8 Nan	07/21/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.9 Nan	07/28/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.10 Nan	08/04/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.11 Nan	08/11/1995
	Shine on Harvey Moon Episode #5.12 Nan	08/18/1995
	Midsomer Murders The Killings at Badger's Drift Iris Rainbird	03/23/1997
	Midsomer Murders Dead Letters Ursula Gooding	02/26/2006
	Agatha Christie's Poirot Taken at the Flood Mrs Leadbetter	04/02/2006