Peggy Ashcroft

Known for: Acting

Born: 1907-12-22 – 1991-06-14 (aged 83)

From: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

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 (44)

MOVIE★ 5.7
She's Been Away
1989
as Lillian Huckle
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Nettie
MOVIE★ 6.9
Madame Sousatzka
1988
as Lady Emily
TV★ 6.6
A Perfect Spy
1987
as Miss Dubber
MOVIE★ 7.5
When the Wind Blows
1986
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.3
Murder by the Book
1986
as Agatha Christie
MOVIE★ 8.5
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
MOVIE★ 6.8
A Passage to India
1984
as Mrs. Moore
TV★ 9.7
Playing Shakespeare
1984
TV★ 8.0
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
as Self - Reader
TV★ 6.5
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
as Barbie Batchelor
MOVIE★ 10.0
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Little Eyolf
1982
as The Rat Wife
MOVIE★ 6.2
Cream in My Coffee
1980
as Jean Wilsher
MOVIE★ 5.2
Caught on a Train
1980
as Frau Messner
TV★ 6.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
as Queen Mary
MOVIE★ 10.0
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Queen Mary
MOVIE★ 6.1
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
as Lady Gee
MOVIE★ 5.2
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Lady Tattle
TV★ 7.0
Playhouse
1974
as Frau Messner
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Pedestrian
1973
as Lady Gray
MOVIE★ 6.6
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Mrs. Greville
TV★ 6.1
Great Performances
1971
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Belle
MOVIE★ 6.1
Secret Ceremony
1968
as Hannah
MOVIE★ 8.0
From Chekhov with Love
1968
as Olga Knipper
MOVIE★ 6.4
Tell Me Lies
1968
MOVIE★ 10.0
October Revolution
1967
as Self (narrator)
MOVIE
Days in the Trees
1967
as The Mother
TV★ 5.3
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as The Rat Wife
MOVIE★ 8.7
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Queen Margaret
TV★ 9.0
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Queen Margaret
TV★ 5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
as The Mother
TV★ 7.2
Theatre 625
1964
as Rebekka West
MOVIE
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Cherry Orchard
1962
as Madame Ranevsky
MOVIE★ 7.3
Terminus
1961
as Mother (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Nun's Story
1959
as Mother Mathilde
MOVIE
We Serve
1942
MOVIE★ 5.3
Quiet Wedding
1941
as Flower Lisle
MOVIE★ 9.0
Channel Incident
1940
as The Woman
MOVIE★ 7.5
Rhodes of Africa
1936
as Anna Carpenter
MOVIE★ 7.3
The 39 Steps
1935
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Wandering Jew
1933
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)