Peggy 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.

Birthday

Dec 22, 1907

Place of birth

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Deathday

Jun 14, 1991

Also known as

Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft
Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft
Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

Credited in

As cast

The 39 Steps
As The Crofter's Wife Margaret
When the Wind Blows
As Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book
As Agatha Christie
The Nun's Story
As Mother Mathilde
The Pedestrian
As Lady Gray
A Passage to India
As Mrs. Moore
Sunday Bloody Sunday
As Mrs. Greville
Secret Ceremony
As Hannah
The Cherry Orchard
As Madame Ranevsky
Caught on a Train
As Frau Messner
Madame Sousatzka
As Lady Emily
Joseph Andrews
As Lady Tattle
3 Into 2 Won't Go
As Belle
Quiet Wedding
As Flower Lisle
Britain Welcomes the President of India
As
The Wars of the Roses
As Queen Margaret
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
As Queen Mary
Little Eyolf
As The Rat Wife
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
As Lady Gee
She's Been Away
As Lillian Huckle
Cream in My Coffee
As Jean Wilsher
Rhodes of Africa
As Anna Carpenter
Tell Me Lies
As
Channel Incident
As The Woman
The Wandering Jew
As Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
October Revolution
As Self (narrator)
The Heat of the Day
As Nettie
We Serve
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As
Terminus
As Mother (uncredited)
The Wind and the Bomb
As
Laurence Olivier: a life
As Self
From Chekhov with Love
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As Olga Knipper