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Peggy Ashcroft

Acting · Born December 22, 1907 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

​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.

Peggy Ashcroft movies and shows

  • Great Performances1971
  • BBC Play of the Month1965
  • The Wednesday Play1964
  • Playhouse1974
  • Theatre 6251964
  • The Jewel in the Crown1984
  • Edward and Mrs Simpson1978
  • A Passage to India1984
  • The 39 Steps1935
  • Six Centuries of Verse1984
  • The Wars of the Roses1965
  • The Nun's Story1959
  • A Perfect Spy1987
  • When the Wind Blows1986
  • Playing Shakespeare1984
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday1971
  • Secret Ceremony1968
  • Joseph Andrews1977
  • Laurence Olivier: A Life1982
  • The Wars of the Roses1965
  • Madame Sousatzka1988
  • Cream in My Coffee1980
  • Tell Me Lies1968
  • 3 Into 2 Won't Go1969