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Peggy Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

ActingBorn December 22, 1907Died June 14, 1991 (age 83)Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Biography

​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.

Filmography

1989
She's Been Away

as Lillian Huckle

Movie
1989Movie
1988
Madame Sousatzka

as Lady Emily

Movie
1987
A Perfect Spy

as Miss Dubber

TV
1986
When the Wind Blows

as Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Movie
1986
Murder by the Book

as Agatha Christie

Movie
1984
A Passage to India

as Mrs. Moore

Movie
1984
Six Centuries of Verse

as Self - Reader

TV
1984
The Jewel in the Crown

as Barbie Batchelor

TV
1982Movie
1982
Little Eyolf

as The Rat Wife

Movie
1980
Cream in My Coffee

as Jean Wilsher

Movie
1980
Caught on a Train

as Frau Messner

Movie
1978TV
1978Movie
1977
Joseph Andrews

as Lady Tattle

Movie
1974
Playhouse

as Frau Messner

TV
1973
The Pedestrian

as Lady Gray

Movie
1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Mrs. Greville

Movie
1971TV
1969Movie
1968Movie
1968
From Chekhov with Love

as Olga Knipper

Movie
1968Movie
1967
October Revolution

as Self (narrator)

Movie
1967
Days in the Trees

as The Mother

Movie
1965
BBC Play of the Month

as The Rat Wife

TV
1965
The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

Movie
1965
The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

TV
1965
The Wars of the Roses

as Margaret of Anjou

TV
1964
The Wednesday Play

as The Mother

TV
1964
Theatre 625

as Rebekka West

TV
1962
The Cherry Orchard

as Madame Ranevsky

Movie
1961
Terminus

as Mother (uncredited)

Movie
1959
The Nun's Story

as Mother Mathilde

Movie
1942Movie
1941
Quiet Wedding

as Flower Lisle

Movie
1940
Channel Incident

as The Woman

Movie
1936
Rhodes of Africa

as Anna Carpenter

Movie
1935
The 39 Steps

as The Crofter's Wife Margaret

Movie
1933
The Wandering Jew

as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayDecember 22, 1907
Day of DeathJune 14, 1991
Place of BirthCroydon, Surrey, England, UK
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