Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
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.
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Movies (33)
She's Been Away1989Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day1989Nettie
Madame Sousatzka1988Lady Emily
When the Wind Blows1986Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book1986Agatha Christie
The Wind and the Bomb1986
A Passage to India1984Mrs. Moore
Laurence Olivier: a life1982Self
Little Eyolf1982The Rat Wife
Cream in My Coffee1980Jean Wilsher
Caught on a Train1980Frau Messner
Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978Queen Mary
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures1978Lady Gee
Joseph Andrews1977Lady Tattle
The Pedestrian1973Lady Gray
Sunday Bloody Sunday1971Mrs. Greville
3 Into 2 Won't Go1969Belle
Secret Ceremony1968Hannah- From Chekhov with Love1968Olga Knipper
Tell Me Lies1968
October Revolution1967Self (narrator)
Days in the Trees1967The Mother
The Wars of the Roses1965Queen Margaret
Britain Welcomes the President of India1963
The Cherry Orchard1962Madame Ranevsky
Terminus1961Mother (uncredited)
The Nun's Story1959Mother Mathilde- We Serve1942
Quiet Wedding1941Flower Lisle
Channel Incident1940The Woman
Shows (11)
A Perfect Spy1987Miss Dubber
Playing Shakespeare1984
Six Centuries of Verse1984Self - Reader
The Jewel in the Crown1984Barbie Batchelor
Edward and Mrs Simpson1978Queen Mary
Playhouse1974Frau Messner
Great Performances1971Self
BBC Play of the Month1965The Rat Wife
The Wars of the Roses1965Queen Margaret
The Wednesday Play1964The Mother
Theatre 6251964Rebekka West