Birthday:
Dec 22, 1907
Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Peggy Ashcroft
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
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The 39 Steps | The Crofter's Wife Margaret | 1935 |
| When the Wind Blows | Hilda Bloggs (voice) | 1986 |
| Murder by the Book | Agatha Christie | 1986 |
| The Nun's Story | Mother Mathilde | 1959 |
| The Pedestrian | Lady Gray | 1973 |
| A Passage to India | Mrs. Moore | 1984 |
| Sunday Bloody Sunday | Mrs. Greville | 1971 |
| Secret Ceremony | Hannah | 1968 |
| The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevsky | 1962 |
| Caught on a Train | Frau Messner | 1980 |
| Madame Sousatzka | Lady Emily | 1988 |
| Joseph Andrews | Lady Tattle | 1977 |
| 3 Into 2 Won't Go | Belle | 1969 |
| Quiet Wedding | Flower Lisle | 1941 |
| Britain Welcomes the President of India | 1963 | |
| The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret | 1965 |
| Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Queen Mary | 1978 |
| Little Eyolf | The Rat Wife | 1982 |
| Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Lady Gee | 1978 |
| She's Been Away | Lillian Huckle | 1989 |
| Cream in My Coffee | Jean Wilsher | 1980 |
| Rhodes of Africa | Anna Carpenter | 1936 |
| Tell Me Lies | 1968 | |
| Channel Incident | The Woman | 1940 |
| The Wandering Jew | Olalla Quintana (Phase IV) | 1933 |
| October Revolution | Self (narrator) | 1967 |
| The Heat of the Day | Nettie | 1989 |
| We Serve | 1942 | |
| Terminus | Mother (uncredited) | 1961 |
| The Wind and the Bomb | 1986 | |
| Series | Cast | Year |
| The Jewel in the Crown | Barbie Batchelor | 1984 |
| Edward and Mrs Simpson | Queen Mary | 1978 |
| The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret | 1966 |
| Six Centuries of Verse | Herself - Reader | 1984 |
| A Perfect Spy | Miss Dubber | 1987 |
| Playing Shakespeare | 1984 | |
| Caught on a Train | Frau Messner | 1970 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1955 |
| Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
