Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
Born 1907-12-22 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK · Died 1991-06-14
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.
Acting
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
The Wind and the Bomb
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
Playing Shakespeare
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
Playhouse
Frau Messner
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
Great Performances
Self
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
From Chekhov with Love
Olga Knipper
Tell Me Lies
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
Days in the Trees
The Mother
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife