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
Great Performances
Self
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
Credits
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She's Been Away 1989Lillian Huckle★ 5.4 -
The Heat of the Day 1989Nettie★ NR -
Madame Sousatzka 1988Lady Emily★ 6.7 -
A Perfect Spy 1987Miss Dubber★ 6.5 -
When the Wind Blows 1986Hilda Bloggs (voice)★ 7.4 -
Murder by the Book 1986Agatha Christie★ 3 -
★ 7 -
A Passage to India 1984Mrs. Moore★ 6.8 -
Playing Shakespeare 1984★ 10 -
Self - Reader★ 6 -
Barbie Batchelor★ 6.7 -
Self★ 10 -
Little Eyolf 1982The Rat Wife★ 6 -
Cream in My Coffee 1980Jean Wilsher★ 6 -
Caught on a Train 1980Frau Messner★ 3.8 -
Queen Mary★ 6.2 -
Queen Mary★ 10 -
Lady Gee★ 5.3 -
Joseph Andrews 1977Lady Tattle★ 4.7 -
The Pedestrian 1973Lady Gray★ 6.4 -
Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971Mrs. Greville★ 6.6 -
Great Performances 1971Self★ 5.3 -
3 Into 2 Won't Go 1969Belle★ 5 -
Secret Ceremony 1968Hannah★ 6 -
Tell Me Lies 1968★ 6.3 -
October Revolution 1967Self (narrator)★ NR -
Queen Margaret★ 8.5 -
★ NR -
The Cherry Orchard 1962Madame Ranevsky★ 8 -
Terminus 1961Mother (uncredited)★ 7.1 -
The Nun's Story 1959Mother Mathilde★ 7.2 -
We Serve 1942★ NR
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Quiet Wedding 1941Flower Lisle★ 5 -
Channel Incident 1940The Woman★ NR -
Rhodes of Africa 1936Anna Carpenter★ 6 -
The 39 Steps 1935The Crofter's Wife Margaret★ 7.3 -
The Wandering Jew 1933Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)★ 7.6
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