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Peggy Ashcroft

Cast & creator

Peggy Ashcroft

1907-12-22 (died at 83) Croydon, Surrey, England, UKIMDb

Best known for Great Performances, The Wednesday Play, BBC Play of the Month

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.

Also known as: Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

Movies

33

film credits

Series

12

television credits

Career

45

1933–1989 · acting roles

Credit score

7.2

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

Great Performances

Great Performances

Self · 1971

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

The Mother · 1964

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

The Rat Wife · 1965

Playhouse

Playhouse

Frau Messner · 1974

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Rebekka West · 1964

Across film & television

Filmography (45)

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Great Performances

Great Performances

Self

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

The Mother

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

The Rat Wife

Playhouse

Playhouse

Frau Messner

Theatre 625

Theatre 625

Rebekka West

The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown

Barbie Batchelor

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Queen Mary

Playing Shakespeare

Playing Shakespeare

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

The Crofter's Wife Margaret

The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story

Mother Mathilde

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

Queen Margaret

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

Margaret of Anjou

Six Centuries of Verse

Six Centuries of Verse

Self - Reader

A Passage to India

A Passage to India

Mrs. Moore

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

Hilda Bloggs (voice)

A Perfect Spy

A Perfect Spy

Miss Dubber

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

Queen Margaret

Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book

Agatha Christie

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Mrs. Greville

Laurence Olivier: A Life

Laurence Olivier: A Life

Self

She's Been Away

She's Been Away

Lillian Huckle

Secret Ceremony

Secret Ceremony

Hannah

Madame Sousatzka

Madame Sousatzka

Lady Emily

Days in the Trees

Days in the Trees

The Mother

3 Into 2 Won't Go

3 Into 2 Won't Go

Belle

October Revolution

October Revolution

Self (narrator)

Cream in My Coffee

Cream in My Coffee

Jean Wilsher

Joseph Andrews

Joseph Andrews

Lady Tattle

The Heat of the Day

The Heat of the Day

Nettie

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures

Lady Gee

Tell Me Lies

Tell Me Lies

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Queen Mary

Caught on a Train

Caught on a Train

Frau Messner

From Chekhov with Love

Olga Knipper

The Cherry Orchard

The Cherry Orchard

Madame Ranevsky

Britain Welcomes the President of India

Britain Welcomes the President of India

The Wind and the Bomb

The Wind and the Bomb

The Wandering Jew

The Wandering Jew

Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)

Little Eyolf

Little Eyolf

The Rat Wife

Quiet Wedding

Quiet Wedding

Flower Lisle

Rhodes of Africa

Rhodes of Africa

Anna Carpenter

The Pedestrian

The Pedestrian

Lady Gray

Channel Incident

Channel Incident

The Woman

We Serve

Terminus

Terminus

Mother (uncredited)