Peggy Ashcroft

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.

Known For

Great Performances

BBC Play of the Month

Playhouse

The Wednesday Play

Theatre 625

The Jewel in the Crown

Playing Shakespeare

Six Centuries of Verse

All Movies (33)

• She's Been Away1989 · as Lillian Huckle
• The Heat of the Day1989 · as Nettie
• Madame Sousatzka1988 · as Lady Emily
• When the Wind Blows1986 · as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
• Murder by the Book1986 · as Agatha Christie
• The Wind and the Bomb1986
• A Passage to India1984 · as Mrs. Moore
• Laurence Olivier: a life1982 · as Self
• Little Eyolf1982 · as The Rat Wife
• Cream in My Coffee1980 · as Jean Wilsher
• Caught on a Train1980 · as Frau Messner
• Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978 · as Queen Mary
• Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures1978 · as Lady Gee
• Joseph Andrews1977 · as Lady Tattle
• The Pedestrian1973 · as Lady Gray
• Sunday Bloody Sunday1971 · as Mrs. Greville
• 3 Into 2 Won't Go1969 · as Belle
• Secret Ceremony1968 · as Hannah
• From Chekhov with Love1968 · as Olga Knipper
• Tell Me Lies1968
• October Revolution1967 · as Self (narrator)
• Days in the Trees1967 · as The Mother
• The Wars of the Roses1965 · as Queen Margaret
• Britain Welcomes the President of India1963
• The Cherry Orchard1962 · as Madame Ranevsky
• Terminus1961 · as Mother (uncredited)
• The Nun's Story1959 · as Mother Mathilde
• We Serve1942
• Quiet Wedding1941 · as Flower Lisle
• Channel Incident1940 · as The Woman
• Rhodes of Africa1936 · as Anna Carpenter
• The 39 Steps1935 · as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
• The Wandering Jew1933 · as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)

All TV Shows (12)

• A Perfect Spy1987 · as Miss Dubber
• Playing Shakespeare1984
• Six Centuries of Verse1984 · as Self - Reader
• The Jewel in the Crown1984 · as Barbie Batchelor
• Edward and Mrs Simpson1978 · as Queen Mary
• Playhouse1974 · as Frau Messner
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• BBC Play of the Month1965 · as The Rat Wife
• The Wars of the Roses1965 · as Queen Margaret
• The Wars of the Roses1965 · as Margaret of Anjou
• The Wednesday Play1964 · as The Mother
• Theatre 6251964 · as Rebekka West