Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
Born December 22, 1907 — Died June 14, 1991
From Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Also known as Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily «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 pa...
Filmography
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
19895.7
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
19898.0
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
19886.9
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
19867.5
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
19865.3
The Wind and the Bomb
19868.5
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
19846.8
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
198210.0
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
19827.0
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
19806.2
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
19805.2
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
197810.0
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
19786.1
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
19775.2
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
19737.0
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
19716.6
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
19695.0
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
19686.1
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From Chekhov with Love
Olga Knipper
19688.0
Tell Me Lies
19686.4
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
196710.0
Days in the Trees
The Mother
1967
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
19658.7
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
19628.0
Terminus
Mother (uncredited)
19617.3
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
19597.2
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We Serve
1942
Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle
19415.3
Channel Incident
The Woman
19409.0
Rhodes of Africa
Anna Carpenter
19367.5
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
19357.3
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
19337.4