Portrait of Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

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.

Born: December 22, 1907

Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Filmography

1989
She's Been Away

as Lillian Huckle

1989
1988
Madame Sousatzka

as Lady Emily

1987
A Perfect Spy

as Miss Dubber

1986
When the Wind Blows

as Hilda Bloggs (voice)

1986
Murder by the Book

as Agatha Christie

1984
A Passage to India

as Mrs. Moore

1984
Six Centuries of Verse

as Self - Reader

1984
The Jewel in the Crown

as Barbie Batchelor

1982
Little Eyolf

as The Rat Wife

1980
Cream in My Coffee

as Jean Wilsher

1980
Caught on a Train

as Frau Messner

1978
1978
1977
Joseph Andrews

as Lady Tattle

1974
Playhouse

as Frau Messner

1973
The Pedestrian

as Lady Gray

1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Mrs. Greville

1969
1968
1967
October Revolution

as Self (narrator)

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as The Rat Wife

1965
The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

1965
The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

1964
Theatre 625

as Rebekka West

1962
The Cherry Orchard

as Madame Ranevsky

1961
Terminus

as Mother (uncredited)

1959
The Nun's Story

as Mother Mathilde

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)