Peggy Ashcroft
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Great Performances
Self
1971
Series
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife
1965
Series
The Wednesday Play
The Mother
1964
Series
Playhouse
Frau Messner
1974
Series
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
1964
Series
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
1984
Film
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
1935
Film
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
1984
Series
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Series
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
1978
Film
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986
Film
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
1959
Series
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
1987
Series
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
1984
Series
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
1965
Series
The Wars of the Roses
Margaret of Anjou
1965
Film
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
1971
Film
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
1968
Film
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
1977
Film
Tell Me Lies
1968
Film
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
1988
Film
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
1965
Film
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
1962
Film
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
1982
Film
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
1989
Film
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
1978
Film
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
1973
We Serve
1942
Film
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
1980
Film
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
1933
Film
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
1967
Film
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
1986
Film
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
1989
Film
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
1980
Film
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
1969
Film
Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle
1941
Film
Rhodes of Africa
Anna Carpenter
1936
Film
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
1982
Film
Days in the Trees
The Mother
1967
Film
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
1978
From Chekhov with Love
Olga Knipper
1968
Film
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Film
Terminus
Mother (uncredited)
1961
Film
Channel Incident
The Woman
1940
Film
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963