Peggy Ashcroft
31 movies · 9 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 22, 1907
- Died
- Jun 14, 1991 (age 83)
- Place of birth
- Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- Also known as
- Dame Peggy Ashcroft · Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft · Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft · Edith Margaret Emily 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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Known for
Peggy Ashcroft: movies and TV shows
Acting (40)
- 1989 She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
- 1989 The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
- 1988 Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
- 1987
- 1986 When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
- 1986 Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
- 1986
- 1984 A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
- 1984
- 1984
- 1982 Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
- 1980 Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
- 1980 Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
- 1978
- 1978 Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
- 1978 Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
- 1977 Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
- 1974
- 1973 The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
- 1971 Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
- 1969 3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
- 1968 Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
- 1968 From Chekhov with Love
as Olga Knipper
- 1968
- 1967 Days in the Trees
as The Mother
- 1965
- 1965 The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
- 1965
- 1964
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962 The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
- 1961 Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
- 1959 The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
- 1942
- 1941 Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
- 1940 Channel Incident
as The Woman
- 1936 Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
- 1935 The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
- 1933 The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Talk shows and appearances (4)
- 1984 Six Centuries of Verse
8 episodes
- 1982
- 1971 Great Performances
1 episode
- 1967