U.K. Actor Elizabeth Spriggs, 78
Posted: Saturday, July 5th, 2008 3:50 pmSeptember 18, 1929 - July 2, 2008
A large, jolly woman with an ample bosom and twinkling eyes, Elizabeth Spriggs was one of Britain’s best and most cherished character actresses, equally at home in Shakespeare and Dickens as in contemporary television drama. Superb in comic roles, she could also give her characters depth and gravitas. …
She served a long apprenticeship in regional theatre, crowned with spells at the Bristol Old Vic and Birmingham Repertory, where she played Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra and Madame Ranevsky in The Cherry Orchard. But she was well into her thirties before she achieved national recognition. This came in 1962 when she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company under Peter Hall, and stayed for 14 years, appearing regularly at Stratford and the RSC’s London homes, the Aldwych Theatre and later the Barbican. … Read full obituary
