PEGGY ASHCROFT
Peggy Ashcroft
Gender: Female
Known for: Acting
Birthday: December 22, 1907
Deathday: June 14, 1991
Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Starring
1989·
The Heat of the DayNettie
1989·
She's Been AwayLillian Huckle
1988·
Madame SousatzkaLady Emily
1987·
A Perfect SpyMiss Dubber
1986·
Murder by the BookAgatha Christie
1986·
When the Wind BlowsHilda Bloggs (voice)
Barbie Batchelor
1984·
Playing ShakespeareSelf - Reader
1984·
A Passage to IndiaMrs. Moore
Self
1982·
Little EyolfThe Rat Wife
1980·
Cream in My CoffeeJean Wilsher
1980·
Caught on a TrainFrau Messner
Queen Mary
Lady Gee
Queen Mary
1977·
Joseph AndrewsLady Tattle
1974·
PlayhouseFrau Messner
1973·
The PedestrianLady Gray
1971·
Great PerformancesSelf
1971·
Sunday Bloody SundayMrs. Greville
1969·
3 Into 2 Won't GoBelle
Olga Knipper
1968·
Tell Me Lies1968·
Secret CeremonyHannah
1967·
Days in the TreesThe Mother
1967·
October RevolutionSelf (narrator)
Margaret of Anjou, Queen Margaret, Queen Margaret
The Rat Wife
1964·
The Wednesday PlayThe Mother
1964·
Theatre 625Rebekka West
1962·
The Cherry OrchardMadame Ranevsky
1961·
TerminusMother (uncredited)
1959·
The Nun's StoryMother Mathilde
1942·
We Serve1941·
Quiet WeddingFlower Lisle
1940·
Channel IncidentThe Woman
1936·
Rhodes of AfricaAnna Carpenter
1935·
The 39 StepsThe Crofter's Wife Margaret
1933·
The Wandering JewOlalla Quintana (Phase IV)