ACTOR

Elizabeth Spriggs

1929 - 2008

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Spriggs has received more than 668,555 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Elizabeth Spriggs is the 5,007th most popular actor (up from 5,704th in 2019), the 3,797th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,291st in 2019) and the 576th most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 670k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Elizabeth Spriggs by language

Over the past year Elizabeth Spriggs has had the most page views in the with 105,242 views, followed by German (13,955), and Russian (6,504). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (416.56%), Sundanese (93.33%), and German (66.03%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Elizabeth Spriggs ranks 5,007 out of 13,578. Before her are Shemp Howard, Jane Wyatt, Mónica Cruz, Amy Smart, Rafaela Aparicio, and Sara Ramirez. After her are Olivia Harrison, Madalena Iglésias, Wallace Ford, Nancy Walker, Patrick St. Esprit, and Nana Patekar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Elizabeth Spriggs ranks 382. Before her are George Moscone, Gerry Anderson, Günter Kunert, Dilara Aliyeva, Nathalia Timberg, and Eliseo Prado. After her are Beverly Sills, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Pat Crawford Brown, Eberhard Jäckel, Betty Carter, and Jaime Gómez. Among people deceased in 2008, Elizabeth Spriggs ranks 253. Before her are Béatrix Beck, Nunzio Gallo, Natalia Bessmertnova, Frederick Seitz, Omar Caetano, and Wu Xueqian. After her are Giovanni Viola, Hidetaka Nishiyama, Gustaw Holoubek, Tony Duvert, Inga Fischer-Hjalmars, and Edie Adams.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Spriggs ranks 3,797 out of 8,785. Before her are Beatrice Webb (1858), Ray Wilson (1934), Ann Todd (1907), Jane Marcet (1769), John Polkinghorne (1930), and Chris Irwin (1942). After her are Paul Kossoff (1950), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Allan Clarke (1942), Wallace Ford (1898), William McGregor (1846), and May Sutton (1886).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Spriggs ranks 576. Before her are Herbert Marshall (1890), Rupert Friend (1981), Pauline Collins (1940), Michael Rennie (1909), Ron Moody (1924), and Ann Todd (1907). After her are Wallace Ford (1898), Katherine Waterston (1980), Michael Hurst (1957), Carol Cleveland (1942), Wilfrid Hyde-White (1903), and Freddie Jones (1927).

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Television and Movie Roles

Alice in Wonderland
Duchess
Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpillar, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts and can grow ten feet tall or shrink to three inches. But will she ever be able to return home?
Feb 28o 19996.3 / 10
Sense and Sensibility
Mrs. Jennings
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
Dec 13o 19957.441 / 10
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
The Fat Lady
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As he learns to harness his newfound powers with the help of the school's kindly headmaster, Harry uncovers the truth about his parents' deaths—and about the villain who's to blame.
Nov 16o 20017.915 / 10