Peggy Ashcroft
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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- Born:
- Dec 22, 1907 In Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 38
- First Appeared:
- In the series Caught on a Train
- Latest Project:
- Movie She's Been Away 1989-07-09
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Caught on a Train | Frau Messner | 2025 |
| Movie | The Heat of the Day | Nettie | 1989-06-09 |
| Movie | She's Been Away | Lillian Huckle | 1989-07-09 |
| Movie | Madame Sousatzka | Lady Emily | 1988-10-14 |
| Series | A Perfect Spy | Miss Dubber | 1987-11-04 |
| Movie | Murder by the Book | Agatha Christie | 1986-01-01 |
| Movie | When the Wind Blows | Hilda Bloggs (voice) | 1986-10-24 |
| Series | Six Centuries of Verse | Herself - Reader | 1984-05-02 |
| Series | The Jewel in the Crown | Barbie Batchelor | 1984-01-09 |
| Series | Playing Shakespeare | 1984-07-29 | |
| Movie | A Passage to India | Mrs. Moore | 1984-12-14 |
| Movie | Little Eyolf | The Rat Wife | 1982-07-19 |
| Movie | Cream in My Coffee | Jean Wilsher | 1980-11-02 |
| Movie | Caught on a Train | Frau Messner | 1980-10-31 |
| Movie | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Lady Gee | 1978-09-01 |
| Series | Edward and Mrs Simpson | Unknown | 1978-11-08 |
| Movie | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Queen Mary | 1978-11-06 |
| Movie | Joseph Andrews | Lady Tattle | 1977-03-09 |
| Movie | The Pedestrian | Lady Gray | 1973-09-05 |
| Series | Van der Valk | Unknown | 1972-09-13 |
| Movie | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Mrs. Greville | 1971-07-01 |
| Movie | 3 Into 2 Won't Go | Belle | 1969-07-02 |
| Movie | Tell Me Lies | 1968-02-02 | |
| Movie | Secret Ceremony | Hannah | 1968-10-23 |
| Movie | October Revolution | Self (narrator) | 1967-10-11 |
| Series | The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret | 1966-01-06 |
| Movie | The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret | 1965-04-08 |
| Series | BBC Play of the Month | Unknown | 1965-10-19 |
| Movie | Britain Welcomes the President of India | 1963-06-12 | |
| Movie | The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevsky | 1962-04-17 |
| Movie | Terminus | Mother (uncredited) | 1961-12-01 |
| Movie | The Nun's Story | Mother Mathilde | 1959-06-18 |
| Movie | We Serve | 1942-06-29 | |
| Movie | Quiet Wedding | Flower Lisle | 1941-04-19 |
| Movie | Channel Incident | The Woman | 1940-04-28 |
| Movie | Rhodes of Africa | Anna Carpenter | 1936-06-30 |
| Movie | The 39 Steps | The Crofter's Wife Margaret | 1935-06-06 |
| Movie | The Wandering Jew | Olalla Quintana (Phase IV) | 1933-11-15 |