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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 22, 1907
Died
June 14, 1991
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Also Known As
- Dame Peggy Ashcroft
- Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft
- Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft
- Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft
Peggy Ashcroft
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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
5.4
Lillian Huckle
She's Been Away
1989
0.0
Nettie
The Heat of the Day
1989
6.7
Lady Emily
Madame Sousatzka
1988
6.5
Miss Dubber
A Perfect Spy
1987
7.4
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
When the Wind Blows
1986
3.0
Agatha Christie
Murder by the Book
1986
7.0
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
6.8
Mrs. Moore
A Passage to India
1984
10.0
Playing Shakespeare
1984
6.0
Self - Reader
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
Credits
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
1989
5.4
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
1989
0.0
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
1988
6.7
A Perfect Spy
as Miss Dubber
1987
6.5
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986
7.4
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
1986
3.0
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
7.0
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
1984
6.8
Playing Shakespeare
1984
10.0
Six Centuries of Verse
as Self - Reader
1984
6.0
The Jewel in the Crown
as Barbie Batchelor
1984
6.7
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
1982
10.0
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
1982
6.0
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
1980
6.0
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
1980
3.8
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Queen Mary
1978
6.2
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
1978
10.0
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
1978
5.3
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
1977
4.7
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
1973
6.4
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
1971
6.6
Great Performances
as Self
1971
5.3
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
1969
5.0
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
1968
6.0
Tell Me Lies
1968
6.3
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
1967
0.0
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
1966
9.0
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
1965
8.5
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963
0.0
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
1962
8.0
Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
1961
7.1
The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
1959
7.2
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We Serve
1942
0.0
Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
1941
5.0
Channel Incident
as The Woman
1940
0.0
Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
1936
6.0
The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
1935
7.3
The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
1933
7.6
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Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
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