Acting
Peggy Ashcroft
Also Known As: Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft
Birth Date
December 22, 1907
Death Date
June 14, 1991
(passed away at 83)
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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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.
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Great Performances
Self
1971 • 1 episode
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife
1965 • 1 episode
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
1964 • 1 episode
The Wednesday Play
The Mother
1964 • 1 episode
Playhouse
Frau Messner
1974 • 1 episode
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
1935
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
1984 • 7 episodes
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
1965
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
1984
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
1978 • 5 episodes
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
1959
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
1984 • 8 episodes
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
1971
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
1987 • 7 episodes
Playing Shakespeare
1984 • 9 episodes
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
1968
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
1977
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
1988
Days in the Trees
The Mother
1967