Peggy Ashcroft
Known for ActingBorn 1907-12-22 — died 1991-06-14Croydon, 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
The Nun's Story
1959 · as Mother Mathilde
The 39 Steps
1935 · as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
A Passage to India
1984 · as Mrs. Moore
Madame Sousatzka
1988 · as Lady Emily
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · as Mrs. Greville
When the Wind Blows
1986 · as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Joseph Andrews
1977 · as Lady Tattle
Secret Ceremony
1968 · as Hannah
Cream in My Coffee
1980 · as Jean Wilsher
Tell Me Lies
1968
She's Been Away
1989 · as Lillian Huckle
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982 · as Self
October Revolution
1967 · as Self (narrator)
Murder by the Book
1986 · as Agatha Christie
Caught on a Train
1980 · as Frau Messner
The Cherry Orchard
1962 · as Madame Ranevsky
The Wars of the Roses
1965 · as Queen Margaret
Little Eyolf
1982 · as The Rat Wife