Peggy Ashcroft
December 22, 1907 (116 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
Credits
- 1989 · She's Been Away as Lillian Huckle
- 1989 · The Heat of the Day as Nettie
- 1988 · Madame Sousatzka as Lady Emily
- 1987 · A Perfect Spy as Miss Dubber
- 1986 · When the Wind Blows as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
- 1986 · Murder by the Book as Agatha Christie
- 1986 · The Wind and the Bomb as
- 1984 · A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore
- 1984 · Playing Shakespeare as
- 1984 · Six Centuries of Verse as Herself - Reader
- 1984 · The Jewel in the Crown as Barbie Batchelor
- 1982 · Little Eyolf as The Rat Wife
- 1980 · Cream in My Coffee as Jean Wilsher
- 1980 · Caught on a Train as Frau Messner
- 1978 · Edward and Mrs Simpson as Queen Mary
- 1978 · Edward & Mrs. Simpson as Queen Mary
- 1978 · Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures as Lady Gee
- 1977 · Joseph Andrews as Lady Tattle
- 1973 · The Pedestrian as Lady Gray
- 1971 · Sunday Bloody Sunday as Mrs. Greville
- 1971 · Great Performances as Self
- 1969 · 3 Into 2 Won't Go as Belle
- 1968 · Secret Ceremony as Hannah
- 1968 · Tell Me Lies as
- 1967 · October Revolution as Self (narrator)
- 1966 · The Wars of the Roses as Queen Margaret
- 1965 · The Wars of the Roses as Queen Margaret
- 1963 · Britain Welcomes the President of India as
- 1962 · The Cherry Orchard as Madame Ranevsky
- 1961 · Terminus as Mother (uncredited)
- 1959 · The Nun's Story as Mother Mathilde
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942 · We Serve as
- 1941 · Quiet Wedding as Flower Lisle
- 1940 · Channel Incident as The Woman
- 1936 · Rhodes of Africa as Anna Carpenter
- 1935 · The 39 Steps as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
- 1933 · The Wandering Jew as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
- Future · Caught on a Train as Frau Messner