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