Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
Born: 1907-12-22 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
Great Performances
Self
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
Terminus
Mother (uncredited)
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
Tell Me Lies
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife
Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
The Wednesday Play
The Mother
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
Playing Shakespeare
Rhodes of Africa
Anna Carpenter
The Wind and the Bomb
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
Channel Incident
The Woman
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
Playhouse
Frau Messner