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Peggy Ashcroft

Acting

BornDecember 22, 1907
DiedJune 14, 1991 · 83
FromCroydon, Surrey, England, UK
GenderFemale

33

Movies

12

TV Shows

56

Years Active

★ 1

Popularity

​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.

AKA Dame Peggy Ashcroft · Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft · Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft · Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

Known For

Top 8 by popularity

Great Performances

Great Performances

★ 6.11971

Great Performances

1971★ 6.1

as Self

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

★ 5.21964

The Wednesday Play

1964★ 5.2

as The Mother

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

★ 5.21965

BBC Play of the Month

1965★ 5.2

as The Rat Wife

Playhouse

Playhouse

★ 7.01974

Playhouse

1974★ 7.0

as Frau Messner

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

★ 7.21964

Theatre 625

1964★ 7.2

as Rebekka West

The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown

★ 6.51984

The Jewel in the Crown

1984★ 6.5

as Barbie Batchelor

Six Centuries of Verse

Six Centuries of Verse

★ 8.01984

Six Centuries of Verse

1984★ 8.0

as Self - Reader

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

★ 9.01965

The Wars of the Roses

1965★ 9.0

as Queen Margaret

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Filmography

33 titles

The 39 Steps1935The 39 Stepsas The Crofter's Wife Margaret ★ 7.3 Watch A Passage to India1984A Passage to Indiaas Mrs. Moore ★ 6.8 Watch The Nun's Story1959The Nun's Storyas Mother Mathilde ★ 7.2 Watch Sunday Bloody Sunday1971Sunday Bloody Sundayas Mrs. Greville ★ 6.5 Watch Madame Sousatzka1988Madame Sousatzkaas Lady Emily ★ 6.9 Watch When the Wind Blows1986When the Wind Blowsas Hilda Bloggs (voice) ★ 7.5 Watch Caught on a Train1980Caught on a Trainas Frau Messner ★ 5.2 Watch Laurence Olivier: A Life1982Laurence Olivier: A Lifeas Self ★ 10.0 Watch October Revolution1967October Revolutionas Self (narrator) ★ 10.0 Watch Secret Ceremony1968Secret Ceremonyas Hannah ★ 6.0 Watch She's Been Away1989She's Been Awayas Lillian Huckle ★ 5.7 Watch Days in the Trees1967Days in the Treesas The Mother Watch Joseph Andrews1977Joseph Andrewsas Lady Tattle ★ 5.4 Watch Cream in My Coffee1980Cream in My Coffeeas Jean Wilsher ★ 6.2 Watch 3 Into 2 Won't Go19693 Into 2 Won't Goas Belle ★ 5.0 Watch The Wars of the Roses1965The Wars of the Rosesas Queen Margaret ★ 8.7 Watch Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Picturesas Lady Gee ★ 6.1 Watch The Cherry Orchard1962The Cherry Orchardas Madame Ranevsky ★ 8.0 Watch The Wind and the Bomb1986The Wind and the Bomb ★ 8.5 Watch Quiet Wedding1941Quiet Weddingas Flower Lisle ★ 5.3 Watch Little Eyolf1982Little Eyolfas The Rat Wife ★ 6.7 Watch Murder by the Book1986Murder by the Bookas Agatha Christie ★ 5.2 Watch Tell Me Lies1968Tell Me Lies ★ 6.4 Watch

From Chekhov with Love

1968From Chekhov with Loveas Olga Knipper ★ 8.0 Watch The Wandering Jew1933The Wandering Jewas Olalla Quintana (Phase IV) ★ 7.4 Watch Rhodes of Africa1936Rhodes of Africaas Anna Carpenter ★ 7.5 Watch The Pedestrian1973The Pedestrianas Lady Gray ★ 7.0 Watch The Heat of the Day1989The Heat of the Dayas Nettie ★ 8.0 Watch

We Serve

1942We Serve Watch Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978Edward & Mrs. Simpsonas Queen Mary ★ 10.0 Watch Channel Incident1940Channel Incidentas The Woman ★ 9.0 Watch Britain Welcomes the President of India1963Britain Welcomes the President of India Watch Terminus1961Terminusas Mother (uncredited) ★ 7.3 Watch

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