Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
Born: 1907-12-22 in 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.
Known For
Great Performances
Self
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife
The Wednesday Play
The Mother
Playhouse
Frau Messner
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
The Wars of the Roses
Margaret of Anjou
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
Playing Shakespeare
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
Tell Me Lies
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
Days in the Trees
The Mother
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
Channel Incident
The Woman
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle