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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Acting History
1989
She's Been Away as Lillian Huckle
1989The Heat of the Day as Nettie
1988Madame Sousatzka as Lady Emily
1987A Perfect Spy as Miss Dubber
1986When the Wind Blows as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986The Wind and the Bomb
1986Murder by the Book as Agatha Christie
1984A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore
1984Playing Shakespeare
1984Six Centuries of Verse as Self - Reader
1984The Jewel in the Crown as Barbie Batchelor
1982Laurence Olivier: a life as Self
1982Little Eyolf as The Rat Wife
1980Cream in My Coffee as Jean Wilsher
1980Caught on a Train as Frau Messner
1978Edward and Mrs Simpson as Queen Mary
1978Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Queen Mary
1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures as Lady Gee
1977Joseph Andrews as Lady Tattle
1974Playhouse as Frau Messner
1973The Pedestrian as Lady Gray
1971Sunday Bloody Sunday as Mrs. Greville
1971Great Performances as Self
19693 Into 2 Won't Go as Belle
1968Secret Ceremony as Hannah
1968From Chekhov with Love as Olga Knipper
1968Tell Me Lies
1967October Revolution as Self (narrator)
1965BBC Play of the Month as The Rat Wife
1965The Wars of the Roses as Queen Margaret
1965The Wars of the Roses as Queen Margaret
1964Theatre 625 as Rebekka West
1963Britain Welcomes the President of India
1962The Cherry Orchard as Madame Ranevsky
1961Terminus as Mother (uncredited)
1959The Nun's Story as Mother Mathilde
1942We Serve
1941Quiet Wedding as Flower Lisle
1940Channel Incident as The Woman
1936Rhodes of Africa as Anna Carpenter
1935The 39 Steps as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
1933The Wandering Jew as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)