Peggy Ashcroft
Birthday
1907/12/22
Day of death
1991/06/14 (83 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Also know as
Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily 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.
Acting
(1935) The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
(1986) When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
(1986) Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
(1959) The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
(1973) The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
(1984) A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
(1971) Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
(1968) Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
(1962) The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
(1980) Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
(1988) Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
(1977) Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
(1969) 3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
(1941) Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
(1963) Britain Welcomes the President of India
as ---
(1965) The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
(1978) Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
(1982) Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
(1978) Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
(1989) She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
(1980) Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
(1936) Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
(1968) Tell Me Lies
as ---
(1940) Channel Incident
as The Woman
(1933) The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
(1967) October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
(1989) The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
(1942) We Serve
as ---
(1961) Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
(1986) The Wind and the Bomb
as ---
(1982) Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
(1968) From Chekhov with Love
as Olga Knipper
(1978) Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Queen Mary
(1965) The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
(1984) Six Centuries of Verse
as Self - Reader
(1987) A Perfect Spy
as Miss Dubber
(1984) Playing Shakespeare
as ---
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1974) Playhouse
as Frau Messner
(1965) BBC Play of the Month
as The Rat Wife
(1984) The Jewel in the Crown
as Barbie Batchelor
(1964) Theatre 625
as Rebekka West