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Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

ActingBorn: December 22, 1907in Croydon, Surrey, England, UKDied: June 14, 1991

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.

She's Been Away

She's Been Away

as Lillian Huckle

The Heat of the Day

The Heat of the Day

as Nettie

Madame Sousatzka

Madame Sousatzka

as Lady Emily

A Perfect Spy

A Perfect Spy

as Miss Dubber

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

as Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book

as Agatha Christie

The Wind and the Bomb

The Wind and the Bomb

as Unknown

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

as Mrs. Moore

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

1984Documentary

as Unknown

Six Centuries of Verse

Six Centuries of Verse

as Self - Reader

The Jewel in the Crown

PBS Masterpiece Amazon Channel

The Jewel in the Crown

as Barbie Batchelor

Laurence Olivier: a life

Laurence Olivier: a life

1982Documentary

as Self

Little Eyolf

Little Eyolf

as The Rat Wife

Cream in My Coffee

Cream in My Coffee

as Jean Wilsher

Caught on a Train

Caught on a Train

as Frau Messner

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Edward and Mrs Simpson

as Queen Mary

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

as Queen Mary

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

as Lady Gee

Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

as Lady Tattle

Playhouse

Playhouse

as Frau Messner

The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian

as Lady Gray

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Mrs. Greville

Great Performances

Great Performances

as Self

3 Into 2 Won't Go

3 Into 2 Won't Go

as Belle

Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony

as Hannah

From Chekhov with Love

as Olga Knipper

Tell Me Lies

Tell Me Lies

as Unknown

October Revolution

October Revolution

1967Documentary

as Self (narrator)

Days in the Trees

Days in the Trees

as The Mother

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

as The Rat Wife

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

as Margaret of Anjou

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

as The Mother

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

as Rebekka West

Britain Welcomes the President of India

Britain Welcomes the President of India

1963Documentary

as Unknown

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

as Madame Ranevsky

Terminus

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Terminus

1961Documentary

as Mother (uncredited)

The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story

as Mother Mathilde

We Serve

as Unknown

Quiet Wedding

Quiet Wedding

as Flower Lisle

Channel Incident

Channel Incident

as The Woman

Rhodes of Africa

Rhodes of Africa

as Anna Carpenter

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

as The Crofter's Wife Margaret

The Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew

as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)