Peggy Ashcroft
Acting · 83 years old
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self
Playing Shakespeare
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
Terminus
Mother (uncredited)
The Wind and the Bomb
Playhouse
Frau Messner
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor