Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

1907-12-22 Croydon, Surrey, England, UK Female 42 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-12-22

Place of Birth

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Known Credits

42

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

She's Been Away

1989

Lillian Huckle

The Wars of the Roses

1965

Queen Margaret

The Nun's Story

1959

Mother Mathilde

Murder by the Book

1986

Agatha Christie

When the Wind Blows

1986

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Rhodes of Africa

1936

Anna Carpenter

Cream in My Coffee

1980

Jean Wilsher

Secret Ceremony

1968

Hannah

A Passage to India

1984

Mrs. Moore

The Pedestrian

1973

Lady Gray

The 39 Steps

1935

The Crofter's Wife Margaret

Channel Incident

1940

The Woman

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

Mrs. Greville

October Revolution

1967

Self (narrator)

Joseph Andrews

1977

Lady Tattle

The Wandering Jew

1933

Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)

Little Eyolf

1982

The Rat Wife

Caught on a Train

1980

Frau Messner

From Chekhov with Love

1968

Olga Knipper

Madame Sousatzka

1988

Lady Emily

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

1978

Queen Mary

Quiet Wedding

1941

Flower Lisle

The Cherry Orchard

1962

Madame Ranevsky

Terminus

1961

Mother (uncredited)

TV Credits

Great Performances

1971

Self (1 episodes)

BBC Play of the Month

1965

The Rat Wife (1 episodes)

Playhouse

1974

Frau Messner (1 episodes)

Theatre 625

1964

Rebekka West (1 episodes)

The Jewel in the Crown

1984

Barbie Batchelor (7 episodes)

A Perfect Spy

1987

Miss Dubber (7 episodes)

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978

Queen Mary (5 episodes)

Six Centuries of Verse

1984

Self - Reader (8 episodes)

Playing Shakespeare

1984

(9 episodes)

The Wars of the Roses

1965

Queen Margaret (3 episodes)

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