Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
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
1989She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
1989The Heat of the Day
Nettie
1988Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
1986When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
1986The Wind and the Bomb
1984A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
1982Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
1982Laurence Olivier: a life
Self
1980Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
1980Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
1978Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
1977Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
1973The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
1971Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
19693 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
1968Secret Ceremony
Hannah
1968Tell Me Lies
1967October Revolution
Self (narrator)
1967Days in the Trees
The Mother
1965The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
1963Britain Welcomes the President of India
1962The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky