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.
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Movies (32)
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
1989
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
1989
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
1988
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
1986
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
1984
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
1982
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
1982
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
1980
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
1980
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
1978
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
1978
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
1977
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
1973
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
1971
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
1969
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
1968
From Chekhov with Love
as Olga Knipper
1968
Tell Me Lies
1968
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
1967
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
1965
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
1962
Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
1961
The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
1959
We Serve
1942
Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
1941
Channel Incident
as The Woman
1940
Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
1936
The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
1935
The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
1933
TV Shows (10)
A Perfect Spy
as Miss Dubber
1987
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Six Centuries of Verse
as Self - Reader
1984
The Jewel in the Crown
as Barbie Batchelor
1984
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Queen Mary
1978
Playhouse
as Frau Messner
1974
Great Performances
as Self
1971
BBC Play of the Month
as The Rat Wife
1965
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
1965
Theatre 625
as Rebekka West
1964