Peggy Ashcroft
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Dec 22, 1907 (118 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 1989 | She's Been AwayLillian Huckle | |
| 1989 | The Heat of the DayNettie | |
| 1988 | Madame SousatzkaLady Emily | |
| 1987 | A Perfect SpyMiss Dubber | |
| 1986 | When the Wind BlowsHilda Bloggs (voice) | |
| 1986 | Murder by the BookAgatha Christie | |
| 1986 | The Wind and the Bomb | |
| 1984 | A Passage to IndiaMrs. Moore | |
| 1984 | Six Centuries of VerseSelf - Reader | |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | |
| 1984 | The Jewel in the CrownBarbie Batchelor | |
| 1982 | Little EyolfThe Rat Wife | |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: a lifeSelf | |
| 1980 | Caught on a TrainFrau Messner | |
| 1980 | Cream in My CoffeeJean Wilsher | |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. SimpsonQueen Mary | |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's PicturesLady Gee | |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs SimpsonQueen Mary | |
| 1977 | Joseph AndrewsLady Tattle | |
| 1974 | PlayhouseFrau Messner | |
| 1973 | The PedestrianLady Gray | |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody SundayMrs. Greville | |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSelf | |
| 1969 | 3 Into 2 Won't GoBelle | |
| 1968 | Secret CeremonyHannah | |
| 1968 | Tell Me Lies | |
| 1968 | From Chekhov with LoveOlga Knipper | |
| 1967 | October RevolutionSelf (narrator) | |
| 1965 | The Wars of the RosesQueen Margaret | |
| 1965 | The Wars of the RosesQueen Margaret | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the MonthThe Rat Wife | |
| 1964 | Theatre 625Rebekka West | |
| 1963 | Britain Welcomes the President of India | |
| 1962 | The Cherry OrchardMadame Ranevsky | |
| 1961 | TerminusMother (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | The Nun's StoryMother Mathilde | |
| 1942 | We Serve | |
| 1941 | Quiet WeddingFlower Lisle | |
| 1940 | Channel IncidentThe Woman | |
| 1936 | Rhodes of AfricaAnna Carpenter | |
| 1935 | The 39 StepsThe Crofter's Wife Margaret | |
| 1933 | The Wandering JewOlalla Quintana (Phase IV) |