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Peggy Ashcroft

Acting · Born December 22, 1907 · 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.

Movies with Peggy Ashcroft

• The 39 Steps (1935) — The Crofter's Wife Margaret
• A Passage to India (1984) — Mrs. Moore
• The Nun's Story (1959) — Mother Mathilde
• When the Wind Blows (1986) — Hilda Bloggs (voice)
• The Wars of the Roses (1965) — Queen Margaret
• Murder by the Book (1986) — Agatha Christie
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) — Mrs. Greville
• Secret Ceremony (1968) — Hannah
• She's Been Away (1989) — Lillian Huckle
• Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982) — Self
• Madame Sousatzka (1988) — Lady Emily
• 3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969) — Belle

TV shows with Peggy Ashcroft

• The Jewel in the Crown (1984) — Barbie Batchelor
• Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978) — Queen Mary
• Playing Shakespeare (1984)
• Six Centuries of Verse (1984) — Self - Reader
• A Perfect Spy (1987) — Miss Dubber