Peggy Ashcroft

Actor

Born: December 22, 1907
Died: June 14, 1991 (age 83)
From: 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.

Filmography (33)

She's Been Away (1989)
Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day (1989)
Nettie
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Lady Emily
When the Wind Blows (1986)
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book (1986)
Agatha Christie
The Wind and the Bomb (1986)
A Passage to India (1984)
Mrs. Moore
Laurence Olivier: a life (1982)
Self
Little Eyolf (1982)
The Rat Wife
Cream in My Coffee (1980)
Jean Wilsher
Caught on a Train (1980)
Frau Messner
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
Queen Mary
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
Lady Gee
Joseph Andrews (1977)
Lady Tattle
The Pedestrian (1973)
Lady Gray
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Mrs. Greville
3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969)
Belle
Secret Ceremony (1968)
Hannah
From Chekhov with Love
From Chekhov with Love (1968)
Olga Knipper
Tell Me Lies (1968)
October Revolution (1967)
Self (narrator)
Days in the Trees (1967)
The Mother
The Wars of the Roses (1965)
Queen Margaret
Britain Welcomes the President of India (1963)
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
Madame Ranevsky
Terminus (1961)
Mother (uncredited)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Mother Mathilde
We Serve
We Serve (1942)
Quiet Wedding (1941)
Flower Lisle
Channel Incident (1940)
The Woman