Peggy Ashcroft

Dec 22, 1907 - Jun 14, 1991 (83 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Great Performances

Self

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

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

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The Jewel in the Crown

Barbie Batchelor

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Six Centuries of Verse

Herself - Reader

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The 39 Steps

The Crofter's Wife Margaret

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The Nun's Story

Mother Mathilde

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A Perfect Spy

Miss Dubber

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Edward and Mrs Simpson

Queen Mary

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Playing Shakespeare

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When the Wind Blows

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Credits

She's Been Away 1989

Lillian Huckle

★ 5.4
The Heat of the Day 1989

Nettie

★ NR
Madame Sousatzka 1988

Lady Emily

★ 6.7
A Perfect Spy 1987

Miss Dubber

★ 6.5
When the Wind Blows 1986

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

★ 7.4
Murder by the Book 1986

Agatha Christie

★ 3
The Wind and the Bomb 1986

★ 7
A Passage to India 1984

Mrs. Moore

★ 6.8
Playing Shakespeare 1984

★ 10
Six Centuries of Verse 1984

Herself - Reader

★ 6
The Jewel in the Crown 1984

Barbie Batchelor

★ 6.7
Little Eyolf 1982

The Rat Wife

★ 6
Cream in My Coffee 1980

Jean Wilsher

★ 6
Caught on a Train 1980

Frau Messner

★ 3.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson 1978

Queen Mary

★ 6.2
Edward & Mrs. Simpson 1978

Queen Mary

★ 10
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures 1978

Lady Gee

★ 5.3
Joseph Andrews 1977

Lady Tattle

★ 4.7
The Pedestrian 1973

Lady Gray

★ 6.4
Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971

Mrs. Greville

★ 6.6
Great Performances 1971

Self

★ 5.6
3 Into 2 Won't Go 1969

Belle

★ 5
Secret Ceremony 1968

Hannah

★ 6.1
Tell Me Lies 1968

★ 6.3
October Revolution 1967

Self (narrator)

★ NR
The Wars of the Roses 1965

Queen Margaret

★ 8.5
Britain Welcomes the President of India 1963

★ NR
The Cherry Orchard 1962

Madame Ranevsky

★ 8
Terminus 1961

Mother (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Nun's Story 1959

Mother Mathilde

★ 7.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955

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

★ 7.7
We Serve 1942

★ NR
Quiet Wedding 1941

Flower Lisle

★ 5
Channel Incident 1940

The Woman

★ NR
Rhodes of Africa 1936

Anna Carpenter

★ 6
The 39 Steps 1935

The Crofter's Wife Margaret

★ 7.3
The Wandering Jew 1933

Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)

★ 7.6

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