Peggy Ashcroft
Known for Acting
Born December 22, 1907
Died June 14, 1991 (aged 83)
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
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A Passage to India
1984
as Mrs. Moore
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
as Mrs. Greville
The Nun's Story
1959
as Mother Mathilde
When the Wind Blows
1986
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
The 39 Steps
1935
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
Cream in My Coffee
1980
as Jean Wilsher
Madame Sousatzka
1988
as Lady Emily
The Wars of the Roses
1965
as Queen Margaret
Joseph Andrews
1977
as Lady Tattle
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
as Queen Mary
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
as Self
Caught on a Train
1980
as Frau Messner
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
as Belle
The Wandering Jew
1933
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
October Revolution
1967
as Self (narrator)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
as Lady Gee
Little Eyolf
1982
as The Rat Wife
She's Been Away
1989
as Lillian Huckle
Terminus
1961
as Mother (uncredited)
Secret Ceremony
1968
as Hannah
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