Peggy Ashcroft
Born: 1907-12-22 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died: 1991-06-14
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1989
- The Heat of the Day as Nettie
- She's Been Away as Lillian Huckle
1988
- Madame Sousatzka as Lady Emily
1987
- A Perfect Spy as Miss Dubber
1986
- When the Wind Blows as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
- The Wind and the Bomb
- Murder by the Book as Agatha Christie
1984
- A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore
- The Jewel in the Crown as Barbie Batchelor
- Playing Shakespeare
- Six Centuries of Verse as Self - Reader
1982
- Little Eyolf as The Rat Wife
- Laurence Olivier: a life as Self
1980
- Cream in My Coffee as Jean Wilsher
- Caught on a Train as Frau Messner
1978
- Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Queen Mary
- Edward and Mrs Simpson as Queen Mary
- Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures as Lady Gee
1977
- Joseph Andrews as Lady Tattle
1974
- Playhouse as Frau Messner
1973
- The Pedestrian as Lady Gray
1971
- Great Performances as Self
- Sunday Bloody Sunday as Mrs. Greville
1969
- 3 Into 2 Won't Go as Belle
1968
- Secret Ceremony as Hannah
- From Chekhov with Love as Olga Knipper
- Tell Me Lies
1967
- October Revolution as Self (narrator)
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as The Rat Wife
- The Wars of the Roses as Queen Margaret
- The Wars of the Roses as Queen Margaret
1964
- Theatre 625 as Rebekka West
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)