Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 22, 1907
Place of Birth:
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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Peggy Ashcroft
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | She's Been Away | Lillian Huckle |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Nettie |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Lady Emily |
| 1986 | When the Wind Blows | Hilda Bloggs (voice) |
| 1986 | Murder by the Book | Agatha Christie |
| 1986 | The Wind and the Bomb | |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Mrs. Moore |
| 1982 | Little Eyolf | The Rat Wife |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: a life | Self |
| 1980 | Caught on a Train | Frau Messner |
| 1980 | Cream in My Coffee | Jean Wilsher |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Queen Mary |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Lady Gee |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews | Lady Tattle |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian | Lady Gray |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Mrs. Greville |
| 1969 | 3 Into 2 Won't Go | Belle |
| 1968 | Secret Ceremony | Hannah |
| 1968 | Tell Me Lies | |
| 1968 | From Chekhov with Love | Olga Knipper |
| 1967 | October Revolution | Self (narrator) |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret |
| 1963 | Britain Welcomes the President of India | |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevsky |
| 1961 | Terminus | Mother (uncredited) |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story | Mother Mathilde |
| 1942 | We Serve | |
| 1941 | Quiet Wedding | Flower Lisle |
| 1940 | Channel Incident | The Woman |
| 1936 | Rhodes of Africa | Anna Carpenter |
| 1935 | The 39 Steps | The Crofter's Wife Margaret |
| 1933 | The Wandering Jew | Olalla Quintana (Phase IV) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | A Perfect Spy | Miss Dubber |
| 1984 | Six Centuries of Verse | Self - Reader |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | |
| 1984 | The Jewel in the Crown | Barbie Batchelor |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson | Queen Mary |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Frau Messner |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | The Rat Wife |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Rebekka West |