Peggy Ashcroft

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.

Actor

1933

[ ] The Wandering Jew (Olalla Quintana (Phase IV))

1935

[ ] The 39 Steps (The Crofter's Wife Margaret)

1936

[ ] Rhodes of Africa (Anna Carpenter)

1940

[ ] Channel Incident (The Woman)

1941

[ ] Quiet Wedding (Flower Lisle)

1942

[ ] We Serve (????)

1959

[ ] The Nun's Story (Mother Mathilde)

1961

[ ] Terminus (Mother (uncredited))

1962

[ ] The Cherry Orchard (Madame Ranevsky)

1963

[ ] Britain Welcomes the President of India (????)

1965

[ ] The Wars of the Roses (Queen Margaret)

1967

[ ] October Revolution (Self (narrator))

1973

[ ] The Pedestrian (Lady Gray)

1977

[ ] Joseph Andrews (Lady Tattle)

1978

[ ] Edward & Mrs. Simpson (Queen Mary)
[ ] Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (Lady Gee)

1980

[ ] Caught on a Train (Frau Messner)
[ ] Cream in My Coffee (Jean Wilsher)

1982

[ ] Little Eyolf (The Rat Wife)
[ ] Laurence Olivier: a life (Self)

1984

[ ] A Passage to India (Mrs. Moore)

1986

[ 5/10 ] When the Wind Blows (Hilda Bloggs (voice))
[ ] Murder by the Book (Agatha Christie)
[ ] The Wind and the Bomb (????)

1988

[ ] Madame Sousatzka (Lady Emily)

1989

[ ] She's Been Away (Lillian Huckle)
[ ] The Heat of the Day (Nettie)