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Peggy Ashcroft

Actor
Died June 14, 1991 (83 years)
​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 & Shows on Plex
  • The 39 Steps
Known For
  • A Passage to India
  • When the Wind Blows
  • The 39 Steps
  • The Nun's Story
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • Secret Ceremony
  • The Jewel in the Crown
  • Madame Sousatzka
  • Terminus
  • Cream in My Coffee
  • A Perfect Spy
  • She's Been Away
  • Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
  • The Pedestrian
  • Edward and Mrs Simpson
  • Three Into Two Won't Go
  • Channel Incident
  • Playhouse

Filmography

2009
Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock · as Margaret - Crofter's Wife
1989
The Heat of the Day · as Nettie
1989
She's Been Away · as Lillian Huckle
1988
Madame Sousatzka · as Lady Emily
1987
A Perfect Spy (TV Series) · as Miss Dubber
1987
Murder by the Book · as Agatha Christie
1986
When the Wind Blows · as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1985
1984
A Passage to India · as Mrs. Moore
1984
The Jewel in the Crown (TV Series) · as Barbie Batchelor
1982
1980
Cream in My Coffee · as Jean Wilsher
1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson (TV Series) · as Queen Mary
1978
1977
Joseph Andrews · as Lady Tattle
1975
Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Winnie
1973
Playhouse (TV Series) · as Frau Messner
1973
The Pedestrian · as Lady Gray
1971
Sunday Bloody Sunday · as Mrs. Greville
1969
1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Sonya
1968
Secret Ceremony · as Hannah
1968
From Chekhov with Love · as Olga Knipper
1968
1965
Play of the Month (TV Series) · as The Rat Wife
1965
The Wars of the Roses (TV Series) · as Margaret
1964
The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as The Mother
1963
1962
The Cherry Orchard · as Madame Ranevsky
1961
Terminus · as Mother (uncredited)
1959
The Nun's Story · as Mother Mathilde
1955
ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
1950
Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Julia Rajk
1941
Quiet Wedding · as Flower Lisle
1940
Channel Incident · as The Woman
1936
Rhodes · as Anna Carpenter
1935
The 39 Steps · as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
1933
The Wandering Jew · as Olalla Quintana (phase Iv)

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