Peggy Ashcroft
- Acting
- December 22, 1907 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- June 14, 1991
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)
- Murder by the Book · Agatha Christie
- The Wind and the Bomb
- A Passage to India · Mrs. Moore
- Playing Shakespeare
- Six Centuries of Verse · Self
- 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
- 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, Margaret of Anjou
- 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)