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