Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

Actor Dec 22 (died age 83) Croydon, Surrey, England, UK 1933–1989 (56 year career)

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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

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

The Crofter's Wife Margaret

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

Mrs. Moore

The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story

Mother Mathilde

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Mrs. Greville

Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony

Hannah

Madame Sousatzka

Madame Sousatzka

Lady Emily

Terminus

Terminus

Mother (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (43)

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Movies (32)

The Heat of the Day

The Heat of the Day

as Nettie

She's Been Away

She's Been Away

as Lillian Huckle

Madame Sousatzka

Madame Sousatzka

as Lady Emily

The Wind and the Bomb

The Wind and the Bomb

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

as Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book

as Agatha Christie

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

as Mrs. Moore

Laurence Olivier: a life

Laurence Olivier: a life

as Self

Little Eyolf

Little Eyolf

as The Rat Wife

Cream in My Coffee

Cream in My Coffee

as Jean Wilsher

Caught on a Train

Caught on a Train

as Frau Messner

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

as Lady Gee

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Queen Mary

Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

as Lady Tattle

The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian

as Lady Gray

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Mrs. Greville

3 Into 2 Won't Go

3 Into 2 Won't Go

as Belle

From Chekhov with Love

as Olga Knipper

Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony

as Hannah

Tell Me Lies

Tell Me Lies

October Revolution

October Revolution

as Self (narrator)

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

Britain Welcomes the President of India

Britain Welcomes the President of India

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

as Madame Ranevsky

Terminus

Terminus

as Mother (uncredited)

The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story

as Mother Mathilde

We Serve

Quiet Wedding

Quiet Wedding

as Flower Lisle

Channel Incident

Channel Incident

as The Woman

Rhodes of Africa

Rhodes of Africa

as Anna Carpenter

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

as The Crofter's Wife Margaret

The Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew

as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)

Television (11)

A Perfect Spy

A Perfect Spy

as Miss Dubber

The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown

as Barbie Batchelor

Six Centuries of Verse

Six Centuries of Verse

as Self - Reader

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Queen Mary

Playhouse

Playhouse

as Frau Messner

Great Performances

Great Performances

as Self

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

as The Rat Wife

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as Rebekka West

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)