Acting
Peggy Ashcroft
Acting · Born 1907-12-22 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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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FilmShe's Been Away
1989 · Lillian Huckle
FilmThe Heat of the Day
1989 · Nettie
FilmMadame Sousatzka
1988 · Lady Emily
A Perfect Spy
1987 · Miss Dubber
FilmWhen the Wind Blows
1986 · Hilda Bloggs (voice)
FilmMurder by the Book
1986 · Agatha Christie
FilmThe Wind and the Bomb
1986
FilmA Passage to India
1984 · Mrs. Moore
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Six Centuries of Verse
1984 · Self - Reader
The Jewel in the Crown
1984 · Barbie Batchelor
FilmLaurence Olivier: A Life
1982 · Self
FilmLittle Eyolf
1982 · The Rat Wife
FilmCream in My Coffee
1980 · Jean Wilsher
FilmCaught on a Train
1980 · Frau Messner
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978 · Queen Mary
FilmEdward & Mrs. Simpson
1978 · Queen Mary
FilmHullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978 · Lady Gee
FilmJoseph Andrews
1977 · Lady Tattle
Playhouse
1974 · Frau Messner
FilmThe Pedestrian
1973 · Lady Gray
FilmSunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · Mrs. Greville
Great Performances
1971 · Self
Film3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969 · Belle
FilmSecret Ceremony
1968 · Hannah
FilmTell Me Lies
1968
FilmOctober Revolution
1967 · Self (narrator)
BBC Play of the Month
1965 · The Rat Wife
FilmThe Wars of the Roses
1965 · Queen Margaret
The Wars of the Roses
1965 · Queen Margaret
The Wednesday Play
1964 · The Mother
Theatre 625
1964 · Rebekka West
FilmThe Cherry Orchard
1962 · Madame Ranevsky
FilmTerminus
1961 · Mother (uncredited)
FilmThe Nun's Story
1959 · Mother Mathilde
FilmQuiet Wedding
1941 · Flower Lisle
FilmChannel Incident
1940 · The Woman
FilmRhodes of Africa
1936 · Anna Carpenter
FilmThe 39 Steps
1935 · The Crofter's Wife Margaret
FilmThe Wandering Jew
1933 · Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)