Peggy Ashcroft
Known for Acting · 44 credits
- Born
- 1907-12-22
- Died
- 1991-06-14
- Place of birth
- Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Dame Peggy Ashcroft · Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft · Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft · Edith Margaret Emily 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
TV Shows (11)
Great Performances
1971
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as The Rat Wife
Playhouse
1974
as Frau Messner
The Wednesday Play
1964
as The Mother
Theatre 625
1964
as Rebekka West
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Barbie Batchelor
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Reader
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Queen Margaret / Margaret of Anjou
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Queen Mary
A Perfect Spy
1987
as Miss Dubber
Movies (33)
The Nun's Story
1959
as Mother Mathilde
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Mrs. Greville
A Passage to India
1984
as Mrs. Moore
The 39 Steps
1935
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
Madame Sousatzka
1988
as Lady Emily
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
as Self
When the Wind Blows
1986
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Cream in My Coffee
1980
as Jean Wilsher
Secret Ceremony
1968
as Hannah
October Revolution
1967
as Self (narrator)
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Queen Margaret
She's Been Away
1989
as Lillian Huckle
Days in the Trees
1967
as The Mother
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Lady Tattle
Caught on a Train
1980
as Frau Messner
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Queen Mary
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Madame Ranevsky
Little Eyolf
1982
as The Rat Wife
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Nettie
The Wandering Jew
1933
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Tell Me Lies
1968
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Belle
Quiet Wedding
1941
as Flower Lisle
Rhodes of Africa
1936
as Anna Carpenter
Murder by the Book
1986
as Agatha Christie
Channel Incident
1940
as The Woman
We Serve
1942
From Chekhov with Love
1968
as Olga Knipper
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
as Lady Gee
Terminus
1961
as Mother (uncredited)
The Pedestrian
1973
as Lady Gray
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963
About Peggy Ashcroft
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. With 44 credits spanning from 1933 to 1989, Peggy Ashcroft has appeared in 33 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Peggy Ashcroft Movies
- The Nun's Story (1959) — as Mother Mathilde
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — as Mrs. Greville
- A Passage to India (1984) — as Mrs. Moore
- The 39 Steps (1935) — as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
- Madame Sousatzka (1988) — as Lady Emily
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