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.
★7.2
MOVIE1959
The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
★7.3
MOVIE1935
The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
★6.8
MOVIE1984
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
★6.6
MOVIE1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
★6.9
MOVIE1988
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
★7.5
MOVIE1986
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE1982
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
★6.1
MOVIE1968
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
★6.2
MOVIE1980
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
★5.2
MOVIE1980
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
MOVIE1967
Days in the Trees
as The Mother
★8.7
MOVIE1965
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
★5.2
MOVIE1977
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
★5.0
MOVIE1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
★10.0
MOVIE1967
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
★8.0
MOVIE1962
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
★10.0
MOVIE1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
★7.0
MOVIE1982
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
★5.3
MOVIE1986
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
★8.0
MOVIE1968
From Chekhov with Love
as Olga Knipper
★5.7
MOVIE1989
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
★7.5
MOVIE1936
Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
★7.4
MOVIE1933
The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
★7.3
MOVIE1961
Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1989
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
★6.4
MOVIE1968
Tell Me Lies
★5.3
MOVIE1941
Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
★7.0
MOVIE1973
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
★6.1
MOVIE1978
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
MOVIE1942
We Serve
★9.0
MOVIE1940
Channel Incident
as The Woman
★8.5
MOVIE1986
The Wind and the Bomb
MOVIE1963