Peggy Ashcroft
Dec 22, 1907 - Jun 14, 1991 (83 years old) in Croydon, 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
Great Performances
Self
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife
Playhouse
Frau Messner
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
Credits
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She's Been Away 1989Lillian Huckle★ 5.5 -
The Heat of the Day 1989Nettie★ NR -
Madame Sousatzka 1988Lady Emily★ 6.9 -
A Perfect Spy 1987Miss Dubber★ 6.5 -
When the Wind Blows 1986Hilda Bloggs (voice)★ 7.4 -
Murder by the Book 1986Agatha Christie★ 4 -
★ 7 -
A Passage to India 1984Mrs. Moore★ 6.8 -
Playing Shakespeare 1984★ 10 -
Self - Reader★ 6 -
Barbie Batchelor★ 6.4 -
Self★ 10 -
Little Eyolf 1982The Rat Wife★ 6 -
Cream in My Coffee 1980Jean Wilsher★ 6 -
Caught on a Train 1980Frau Messner★ 3.8 -
Queen Mary★ 6.2 -
Queen Mary★ 10 -
Lady Gee★ 5.3 -
Joseph Andrews 1977Lady Tattle★ 4.8 -
Playhouse 1974Frau Messner★ 7 -
The Pedestrian 1973Lady Gray★ 6.4 -
Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971Mrs. Greville★ 6.6 -
Great Performances 1971Self★ 5.8 -
3 Into 2 Won't Go 1969Belle★ 4.6 -
Secret Ceremony 1968Hannah★ 6 -
Olga Knipper★ NR -
Tell Me Lies 1968★ 6.3 -
October Revolution 1967Self (narrator)★ NR -
The Rat Wife★ 5 -
Queen Margaret★ 8.5 -
Theatre 625 1964Rebekka West★ 7.2 -
★ NR -
The Cherry Orchard 1962Madame Ranevsky★ 8 -
Terminus 1961Mother (uncredited)★ 7.1 -
The Nun's Story 1959Mother Mathilde★ 7.2 -
We Serve 1942★ NR
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Quiet Wedding 1941Flower Lisle★ 5 -
Channel Incident 1940The Woman★ NR -
Rhodes of Africa 1936Anna Carpenter★ 6 -
The 39 Steps 1935The Crofter's Wife Margaret★ 7.3 -
The Wandering Jew 1933Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)★ 7.6
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