SS/PS MOVIE DISCUSSION

[Lizzie Mae Lilly]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Carol" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
>
> I looked up Elizabeth Spriggs on the IMDb to see whether her
> replacement was explained. (It was mentioned in the Trivia section but
> no reason was given. I think you must be right that she had other
> commitments. Or maybe she didn't like the change to the role? The
> silly scene where she dresses like a Greek nymph and tries to break a
> glass by singing didn't really fit with the stiff, eighteenth- or
> nineteenth-century persona that Spriggs had created.

They probably wrote that nonsense specifically for Dawn French, don't 
you suppose?

> 
> According to the IMDb, she died in 2008, but given all those other
> roles, it doesn't look as if poor health was the reason that she
> declined the Fat Lady role (or was replaced).
> 
 I'm sorry to hear that she's passed.

Lizzie