Peggy Ashcroft
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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.
Known for
Credits
The 39 Steps (1935)
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
A Passage to India (1984)
as Mrs. Moore
The Nun's Story (1959)
as Mother Mathilde
When the Wind Blows (1986)
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
The Wars of the Roses (1965)
as Queen Margaret
Murder by the Book (1986)
as Agatha Christie
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
as Mrs. Greville
Secret Ceremony (1968)
as Hannah
She's Been Away (1989)
as Lillian Huckle
Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982)
as Self
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
as Lady Emily
3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969)
as Belle
Cream in My Coffee (1980)
as Jean Wilsher
October Revolution (1967)
as Self (narrator)
Tell Me Lies (1968)
Actor
The Cherry Orchard (1962)
as Madame Ranevsky
Days in the Trees (1967)
as The Mother
Joseph Andrews (1977)
as Lady Tattle
The Heat of the Day (1989)
as Nettie
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
as Lady Gee
Caught on a Train (1980)
as Frau Messner
From Chekhov with Love (1968)
as Olga Knipper
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
as Queen Mary
Britain Welcomes the President of India (1963)
Actor
The Wandering Jew (1933)
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Little Eyolf (1982)
as The Rat Wife
The Wind and the Bomb (1986)
Actor
Rhodes of Africa (1936)
as Anna Carpenter
Quiet Wedding (1941)
as Flower Lisle
The Pedestrian (1973)
as Lady Gray
Channel Incident (1940)
as The Woman
We Serve (1942)
Actor
Terminus (1961)
as Mother (uncredited)