Peggy Ashcroft
Department: Acting
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
The 39 Steps
1935
When the Wind Blows
1986
Murder by the Book
1986
The Nun's Story
1959
The Pedestrian
1973
A Passage to India
1984
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Secret Ceremony
1968
The Cherry Orchard
1962
Caught on a Train
1980
Madame Sousatzka
1988
Joseph Andrews
1977
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
Quiet Wedding
1941
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963
The Wars of the Roses
1965
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
Little Eyolf
1982
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
She's Been Away
1989
Cream in My Coffee
1980
Rhodes of Africa
1936
Tell Me Lies
1968
Channel Incident
1940
The Wandering Jew
1933
October Revolution
1967
The Heat of the Day
1989
We Serve
1942
Terminus
1961
The Wind and the Bomb
1986
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
From Chekhov with Love
1968
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
The Wars of the Roses
1965
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
A Perfect Spy
1987
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Great Performances
1971
Playhouse
1974
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
Theatre 625
1964