Peggy Ashcroft

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Peggy Ashcroft

Acting December 22, 1907

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 yea…

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The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

7.3 1935 Movie
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

7.5 1986 Movie
A Passage to India

A Passage to India

6.8 1984 Movie
Theatre 625

Theatre 625

7.2 1964 TV Show
The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

5.2 1964 TV Show
The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story

7.2 1959 Movie
Playhouse

Playhouse

7.0 1974 TV Show
Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

6.6 1971 Movie
Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony

6.1 1968 Movie
The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown

6.5 1984 TV Show

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​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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1989
    She's Been Away

    Movie Lillian Huckle

  2. 1989
    The Heat of the Day

    Movie Nettie

  3. 1988
    Madame Sousatzka

    Movie Lady Emily

  4. 1987
    A Perfect Spy

    TV show Miss Dubber

  5. 1986
    When the Wind Blows

    Movie Hilda Bloggs (voice)

  6. 1986
    Murder by the Book

    Movie Agatha Christie

  7. 1986
    The Wind and the Bomb

    Movie

  8. 1984
    A Passage to India

    Movie Mrs. Moore

  9. 1984
    Playing Shakespeare

    TV show

  10. 1984
    Six Centuries of Verse

    TV show Self - Reader

  11. 1984
    The Jewel in the Crown

    TV show Barbie Batchelor

  12. 1982
    Laurence Olivier: A Life

    Movie Self

  13. 1982
    Little Eyolf

    Movie The Rat Wife

  14. 1980
    Cream in My Coffee

    Movie Jean Wilsher

  15. 1980
    Caught on a Train

    Movie Frau Messner

  16. 1978
    Edward and Mrs Simpson

    TV show Queen Mary

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  1. 1978
    Edward & Mrs. Simpson

    Movie Queen Mary

  2. 1978
    Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

    Movie Lady Gee

  3. 1977
    Joseph Andrews

    Movie Lady Tattle

  4. 1974
    Playhouse

    TV show Frau Messner

  5. 1973
    The Pedestrian

    Movie Lady Gray

  6. 1971
    Sunday Bloody Sunday

    Movie Mrs. Greville

  7. 1971
    Great Performances

    TV show Self

  8. 1969
    3 Into 2 Won't Go

    Movie Belle

  9. 1968
    Secret Ceremony

    Movie Hannah

  10. 1968
    From Chekhov with Love

    Movie Olga Knipper

  11. 1968
    Tell Me Lies

    Movie

  12. 1967
    October Revolution

    Movie Self (narrator)

  13. 1967
    Days in the Trees

    Movie The Mother

  14. 1965
    BBC Play of the Month

    TV show The Rat Wife

  15. 1965
    The Wars of the Roses

    TV show Queen Margaret

  16. 1965
    The Wars of the Roses

    Movie Queen Margaret

  17. 1964
    The Wednesday Play

    TV show The Mother

  18. 1964
    Theatre 625

    TV show Rebekka West

  19. 1963
    Britain Welcomes the President of India

    Movie

  20. 1962
    The Cherry Orchard

    Movie Madame Ranevsky

  21. 1961
    Terminus

    Movie Mother (uncredited)

  22. 1959
    The Nun's Story

    Movie Mother Mathilde

  23. 1942
    We Serve

    Movie

  24. 1941
    Quiet Wedding

    Movie Flower Lisle