Peggy Ashcroft
Known for acting · Born 22 December 1907 · Died 14 June 1991 · aged 83 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
44 credits
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
When the Wind Blows
1986
A Passage to India
1984
The 39 Steps
1935
The Nun's Story
1959
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Secret Ceremony
1968
Terminus
1961
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
She's Been Away
1989
A Perfect Spy
1987
Madame Sousatzka
1988
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
Acting (44)
1989She's Been AwayLillian HuckleFilm
1989The Heat of the DayNettieFilm
1988Madame SousatzkaLady EmilyFilm
1987A Perfect SpyMiss Dubber · 7 episodesSeries
1986When the Wind BlowsHilda Bloggs (voice)Film
1986Murder by the BookAgatha ChristieFilm
1986The Wind and the BombFilm
1984A Passage to IndiaMrs. MooreFilm
1984The Jewel in the CrownBarbie Batchelor · 7 episodesSeries
1984Playing Shakespeare · 9 episodesSeries
1984Six Centuries of VerseSelf - Reader · 8 episodesSeries
1982Little EyolfThe Rat WifeFilm
1982Laurence Olivier: A LifeSelfFilm
1980Cream in My CoffeeJean WilsherFilm
1980Caught on a TrainFrau MessnerFilm
1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's PicturesLady GeeFilm
1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonQueen Mary · 5 episodesSeries
1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonQueen MaryFilm
1977Joseph AndrewsLady TattleFilm
1974PlayhouseFrau MessnerSeries
1973The PedestrianLady GrayFilm
1971Sunday Bloody SundayMrs. GrevilleFilm
1971Great PerformancesSelfSeries
19693 Into 2 Won't GoBelleFilm
1968Secret CeremonyHannahFilm
1968Tell Me LiesFilm
1968From Chekhov with LoveOlga KnipperFilm
1967October RevolutionSelf (narrator)Film
1967Days in the TreesThe MotherFilm
1965BBC Play of the MonthThe Rat WifeSeries
1965The Wars of the RosesQueen MargaretFilm
1965The Wars of the RosesQueen Margaret, Margaret of Anjou · 3 episodesSeries
1964Theatre 625Rebekka WestSeries
1964The Wednesday PlayThe MotherSeries
1963Britain Welcomes the President of IndiaFilm
1962The Cherry OrchardMadame RanevskyFilm
1961TerminusMother (uncredited)Film
1959The Nun's StoryMother MathildeFilm
1942We ServeFilm
1941Quiet WeddingFlower LisleFilm
1940Channel IncidentThe WomanFilm
1936Rhodes of AfricaAnna CarpenterFilm
1935The 39 StepsThe Crofter's Wife MargaretFilm
1933The Wandering JewOlalla Quintana (Phase IV)Film