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.

Most Famous Work

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(1955) Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Six Centuries of Verse

(1984) Herself - Reader

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The Jewel in the Crown

(1984) Barbie Batchelor

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The Wars of the Roses

(1966) Queen Margaret

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The Nun's Story

(1959) Mother Mathilde

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A Passage to India

(1984) Mrs. Moore

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When the Wind Blows

(1986) Hilda Bloggs (voice)

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Sunday Bloody Sunday

(1971) Mrs. Greville

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1989	Lillian Huckle	She's Been Away 1989-07-09 Movie
	Nettie	The Heat of the Day 1989-06-09 Movie
1988	Lady Emily	Madame Sousatzka 1988-10-14 Movie
1987	Miss Dubber	A Perfect Spy 1987-11-04 TV Show
1986	Hilda Bloggs (voice)	When the Wind Blows 1986-10-24 Movie
	N/A	The Wind and the Bomb 1986-01-01 Movie
	Agatha Christie	Murder by the Book 1986-01-01 Movie
1984	Mrs. Moore	A Passage to India 1984-12-14 Movie
	N/A	Playing Shakespeare 1984-07-29 TV Show
	Herself - Reader	Six Centuries of Verse 1984-05-02 TV Show
	Barbie Batchelor	The Jewel in the Crown 1984-01-09 TV Show
1982	The Rat Wife	Little Eyolf 1982-07-19 Movie
1980	Jean Wilsher	Cream in My Coffee 1980-11-02 Movie
	Frau Messner	Caught on a Train 1980-10-31 Movie
1978	Queen Mary	Edward and Mrs Simpson 1978-11-08 TV Show
	Queen Mary	Edward & Mrs. Simpson 1978-11-06 Movie
	Lady Gee	Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures 1978-09-01 Movie
1977	Lady Tattle	Joseph Andrews 1977-03-09 Movie
1973	Lady Gray	The Pedestrian 1973-09-05 Movie
1971	Mrs. Greville	Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971-07-01 Movie
	Self	Great Performances 1971-01-28 TV Show
1969	Belle	3 Into 2 Won't Go 1969-07-02 Movie
1968	Hannah	Secret Ceremony 1968-10-23 Movie
	N/A	Tell Me Lies 1968-02-02 Movie
1967	Self (narrator)	October Revolution 1967-10-11 Movie
1966	Queen Margaret	The Wars of the Roses 1966-01-06 TV Show
1965	Queen Margaret	The Wars of the Roses 1965-04-08 Movie
1963	N/A	Britain Welcomes the President of India 1963-06-12 Movie
1962	Madame Ranevsky	The Cherry Orchard 1962-04-17 Movie
1961	Mother (uncredited)	Terminus 1961-12-01 Movie
1959	Mother Mathilde	The Nun's Story 1959-06-18 Movie
1955	Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-10-02 TV Show
1942	N/A	We Serve 1942-06-29 Movie
1941	Flower Lisle	Quiet Wedding 1941-04-19 Movie
1940	The Woman	Channel Incident 1940-04-28 Movie
1936	Anna Carpenter	Rhodes of Africa 1936-06-30 Movie
1935	The Crofter's Wife Margaret	The 39 Steps 1935-06-06 Movie
1933	Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)	The Wandering Jew 1933-11-15 Movie
	Frau Messner	Caught on a Train TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv