Peggy Ashcroft
Born in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK — Dec 22 1907• Died Jun 14 1991
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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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Peggy Ashcroft's Credits
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Great Performances
Self
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
Playhouse
Frau Messner
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
Playing Shakespeare
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Tell Me Lies
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
We Serve
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
Terminus
Mother (uncredited)
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
Rhodes of Africa
Anna Carpenter
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
From Chekhov with Love
Olga Knipper
Channel Incident
The Woman
Britain Welcomes the President of India
The Wind and the Bomb