Peggy Ashcroft
Acting Born Dec 22, 1907 Croydon, Surrey, England, UK 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- Great Performances (1971) as Self
- BBC Play of the Month (1965) as The Rat Wife
- Playhouse (1974) as Frau Messner
- Theatre 625 (1964) as Rebekka West
- The Wednesday Play (1964) as The Mother
- The Jewel in the Crown (1984) as Barbie Batchelor
- Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978) as Queen Mary
- Playing Shakespeare (1984)
- The Nun's Story (1959) as Mother Mathilde
- The 39 Steps (1935) as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
- The Wars of the Roses (1965) as Queen Margaret
- The Wars of the Roses (1965) as Margaret of Anjou
- Six Centuries of Verse (1984) as Self - Reader
- A Perfect Spy (1987) as Miss Dubber
- When the Wind Blows (1986) as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
- A Passage to India (1984) as Mrs. Moore
- Joseph Andrews (1977) as Lady Tattle
- Secret Ceremony (1968) as Hannah
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) as Mrs. Greville
- Little Eyolf (1982) as The Rat Wife
- Tell Me Lies (1968)
- Rhodes of Africa (1936) as Anna Carpenter
- The Wars of the Roses (1965) as Queen Margaret
- The Pedestrian (1973) as Lady Gray