Peggy Ashcroft

Born: 1907-12-22, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Died: 1991-06-14

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.

Filmography

• The Wednesday Play (1964)
• Playhouse (1974)
• Theatre 625 (1964)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• When the Wind Blows (1986)
• The Nun's Story (1959)
• A Perfect Spy (1987)
• A Passage to India (1984)
• Secret Ceremony (1968)
• Madame Sousatzka (1988)
• Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
• Joseph Andrews (1977)
• Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
• Cream in My Coffee (1980)
• Days in the Trees (1967)
• The Wars of the Roses (1965)
• Caught on a Train (1980)
• Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)
• The Heat of the Day (1989)
• Little Eyolf (1982)
• She's Been Away (1989)
• Rhodes of Africa (1936)
• The Wandering Jew (1933)
• 3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969)
• Channel Incident (1940)
• Der Fußgänger (1973)
• Quiet Wedding (1941)
• The Wind and the Bomb (1986)
• Britain Welcomes the President of India (1963)