Cast
Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
Cast
Peggy Ashcroft
Known for
Acting
Born
1907-12-22
From
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died
1991-06-14
Also known as Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» 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.
The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
We Serve
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
Tell Me Lies
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
Channel Incident
as The Woman
Britain Welcomes the President of India
The Wind and the Bomb
From Chekhov with Love
as Olga Knipper
Days in the Trees
as The Mother