Peggy Ashcroft

Personal Info

Birthday

December 22, 1907

Day of Death

1991-06-14

(83 years old)

Place of Birth

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As

Dame Peggy Ashcroft

Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft

Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

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.

Known For

BBC Play of the Month

Playhouse

The Nun's Story

A Perfect Spy

When the Wind Blows

Edward and Mrs Simpson

The Wars of the Roses

A Passage to India

Filmography

1989
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
1988
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
1986
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
1984
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
1982
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
1980
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
1978
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
1977
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
1973
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
1968
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
1967
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
1962
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
1961
Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
1959
The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
1941
Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
1940
Channel Incident
as The Woman
1936
Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
1935
The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
1933
The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)