Peggy Ashcroft
Birthdate
December 22, 1907 (117 years old)
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Date of Death
June 14, 1991
Known For
Acting
Details
Birthdate
December 22, 1907 (117 years old)
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Date of Death
June 14, 1991
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.
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
Acting (39)
Caught on a Train as Frau Messner
1989
She's Been Away as Lillian Huckle
1989
The Heat of the Day as Nettie
1988
Madame Sousatzka as Lady Emily
1987
A Perfect Spy as Miss Dubber (7 episodes)
1986
When the Wind Blows as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986
Murder by the Book as Agatha Christie
1986
The Wind and the Bomb
1984
A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore
1984
Playing Shakespeare (9 episodes)
1984
Six Centuries of Verse as Herself - Reader (8 episodes)
1984
The Jewel in the Crown as Barbie Batchelor (14 episodes)
1982
Little Eyolf as The Rat Wife
1980
Cream in My Coffee as Jean Wilsher
1980
Caught on a Train as Frau Messner
1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson as Queen Mary (5 episodes)
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Queen Mary
1978
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures as Lady Gee
1977
Joseph Andrews as Lady Tattle
1973
The Pedestrian as Lady Gray
1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday as Mrs. Greville
1971
Great Performances as Self (1 episode)
1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go as Belle
1968
Secret Ceremony as Hannah
1968
Tell Me Lies
1967
October Revolution as Self (narrator)
1966
The Wars of the Roses as Queen Margaret (11 episodes)
1965
The Wars of the Roses as Queen Margaret
1963
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1962
The Cherry Orchard as Madame Ranevsky
1961
Terminus as Mother (uncredited)
1959
The Nun's Story as Mother Mathilde
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) (1 episode)
1942
We Serve
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)