Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 22, 1907
Died
Jun 14, 1991
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Credits
44 titles
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
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
The Wind and the Bomb
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
Playing Shakespeare
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
Playhouse
Frau Messner
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
Great Performances
Self
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
From Chekhov with Love
Olga Knipper
Tell Me Lies
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
Days in the Trees
The Mother
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
The Wednesday Play
The Mother
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
Britain Welcomes the President of India
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
Terminus
Mother (uncredited)
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
We Serve
Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle
Channel Incident
The Woman
Rhodes of Africa
Anna Carpenter
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)