Peggy Ashcroft: movies and TV shows
Peggy Ashcroft has 45 credits in the archive: 33 films and 12 TV series, from 1933 to 1989. Highest rated: Playing Shakespeare (9.7/10).
Career timeline
1933 – 1989 · busiest year: 1965 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | She's Been Away | Lillian Huckle | Film | 5.7 | 81 |
| 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Nettie | Film | 8.0 | 81 |
| 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Lady Emily | Film | 6.9 | 80 |
| 1987 | A Perfect Spy | Miss Dubber | TV | 6.6 | 79 |
| 1986 | When the Wind Blows | Hilda Bloggs (voice) | Film | 7.5 | 78 |
| 1986 | Murder by the Book | Agatha Christie | Film | 5.3 | 78 |
| 1986 | The Wind and the Bomb | Film | 8.5 | 78 | |
| 1984 | The Jewel in the Crown | Barbie Batchelor | TV | 6.5 | 76 |
| 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | TV | 9.7 | 76 | |
| 1984 | A Passage to India | Mrs. Moore | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 1984 | Six Centuries of Verse | Self - Reader | TV | 8.0 | 76 |
| 1982 | Laurence Olivier: A Life | Self | Film | 10.0 | 74 |
| 1982 | Little Eyolf | The Rat Wife | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 1980 | Cream in My Coffee | Jean Wilsher | Film | 6.2 | 72 |
| 1980 | Caught on a Train | Frau Messner | Film | 5.2 | 72 |
| 1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson | Queen Mary | TV | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Queen Mary | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Lady Gee | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 1977 | Joseph Andrews | Lady Tattle | Film | 5.2 | 69 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Frau Messner | TV | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian | Lady Gray | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Self | TV | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Mrs. Greville | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 1969 | 3 Into 2 Won't Go | Belle | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1968 | Secret Ceremony | Hannah | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1968 | From Chekhov with Love | Olga Knipper | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1968 | Tell Me Lies | Film | 6.4 | 60 | |
| 1967 | October Revolution | Self (narrator) | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1967 | Days in the Trees | The Mother | Film | — | 59 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | The Rat Wife | TV | 5.3 | 57 |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret | TV | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | Margaret of Anjou | TV | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret | Film | 8.7 | 57 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Rebekka West | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | The Mother | TV | 5.2 | 56 |
| 1963 | Britain Welcomes the President of India | Film | — | 55 | |
| 1962 | The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevsky | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1961 | Terminus | Mother (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 53 |
| 1959 | The Nun's Story | Mother Mathilde | Film | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1942 | We Serve | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1941 | Quiet Wedding | Flower Lisle | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1940 | Channel Incident | The Woman | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1936 | Rhodes of Africa | Anna Carpenter | Film | 7.5 | 28 |
| 1935 | The 39 Steps | The Crofter's Wife Margaret | Film | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1933 | The Wandering Jew | Olalla Quintana (Phase IV) | Film | 7.4 | 25 |