Peggy Ashcroft

Known for: Acting
Born: December 22, 1907, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Died: June 14, 1991
Movies: 33

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.3

The 39 Steps

1935

7.5

When the Wind Blows

1986

6.8

A Passage to India

1984

7.2

The Nun's Story

1959

6.5

Sunday Bloody Sunday

1971

6.0

Secret Ceremony

1968

6.9

Madame Sousatzka

1988

7.3

Terminus

1961

5.4

Joseph Andrews

1977

6.4

Tell Me Lies

1968

Filmography

1989	She's Been Away	Lillian Huckle
1989	The Heat of the Day	Nettie
1988	Madame Sousatzka	Lady Emily
1986	When the Wind Blows	Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986	Murder by the Book	Agatha Christie
1986	The Wind and the Bomb
1984	A Passage to India	Mrs. Moore
1982	Laurence Olivier: A Life	Self
1982	Little Eyolf	The Rat Wife
1980	Cream in My Coffee	Jean Wilsher
1980	Caught on a Train	Frau Messner
1978	Edward & Mrs. Simpson	Queen Mary
1978	Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures	Lady Gee
1977	Joseph Andrews	Lady Tattle
1973	The Pedestrian	Lady Gray
1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Mrs. Greville
1969	3 Into 2 Won't Go	Belle
1968	Secret Ceremony	Hannah
1968	From Chekhov with Love	Olga Knipper
1968	Tell Me Lies
1967	October Revolution	Self (narrator)
1967	Days in the Trees	The Mother
1965	The Wars of the Roses	Queen Margaret
1963	Britain Welcomes the President of India
1962	The Cherry Orchard	Madame Ranevsky
1961	Terminus	Mother (uncredited)
1959	The Nun's Story	Mother Mathilde
1942	We Serve
1941	Quiet Wedding	Flower Lisle
1940	Channel Incident	The Woman
1936	Rhodes of Africa	Anna Carpenter
1935	The 39 Steps	The Crofter's Wife Margaret
1933	The Wandering Jew	Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)

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