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