Peggy Ashcroft
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-12-22
Day of Death
1991-06-14 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Known For
Acting
(1989)
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
(1989)
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
(1988)
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
(1986)
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
(1986)
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
(1986)
(1984)
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
(1982)
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
(1982)
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
(1980)
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
(1980)
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
(1978)
(1978)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
(1977)
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
(1973)
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
(1971)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
(1969)
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
(1968)
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
(1968)
(1967)
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
(1965)
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
(1963)
(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)