Peggy Ashcroft
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 22, 1907
- Died
- June 14, 1991 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Biography
Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, DBE, (22 December 1907 - 14 June 1991) known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than sixty years. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition.
Known For
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Filmography
She's Been Away
Movie · as Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day
Movie · as Nettie
Madame Sousatzka
Movie · as Lady Emily
A Perfect Spy
TV · as Miss Dubber · 7 eps
When the Wind Blows
Movie · as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book
Movie · as Agatha Christie
The Wind and the Bomb
Movie
A Passage to India
Movie · as Mrs. Moore
Six Centuries of Verse
TV · as Self - Reader · 8 eps
Playing Shakespeare
TV · 9 eps
The Jewel in the Crown
TV · as Barbie Batchelor · 7 eps
Little Eyolf
Movie · as The Rat Wife
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Movie · as Self
Caught on a Train
Movie · as Frau Messner
Cream in My Coffee
Movie · as Jean Wilsher
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Movie · as Queen Mary
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Movie · as Lady Gee
Edward and Mrs Simpson
TV · as Queen Mary · 5 eps
Joseph Andrews
Movie · as Lady Tattle
Playhouse
TV · as Frau Messner · 1 ep
The Pedestrian
Movie · as Lady Gray
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Movie · as Mrs. Greville
Great Performances
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Movie · as Belle
Secret Ceremony
Movie · as Hannah
Tell Me Lies
Movie
From Chekhov with Love
Movie · as Olga Knipper
October Revolution
Movie · as Self (narrator)
Days in the Trees
Movie · as The Mother
The Wars of the Roses
Movie · as Queen Margaret
The Wars of the Roses
TV · as Queen Margaret, Margaret of Anjou
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as The Rat Wife · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Rebekka West · 1 ep
The Wednesday Play
TV · as The Mother · 1 ep
Britain Welcomes the President of India
Movie
The Cherry Orchard
Movie · as Madame Ranevsky
Terminus
Movie · as Mother (uncredited)
The Nun's Story
Movie · as Mother Mathilde
We Serve
Movie
Quiet Wedding
Movie · as Flower Lisle
Channel Incident
Movie · as The Woman
Rhodes of Africa
Movie · as Anna Carpenter
The 39 Steps
Movie · as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
The Wandering Jew
Movie · as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)