Acting credits
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Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 30Series: 10
TMDB ID: 3672
IMDb ID: nm0001919
Known for: Acting
Born: December 22, 1907
Died: June 14, 1991
Age: 83
Place of birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1933 - 1989
Years active: 57
Average TMDB rating: 6.71
Wikidata: Q230832
Also known as
Dame Peggy Ashcroft • Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft • Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft • Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Peggy Ashcroft.
5.5
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
1989 Movie
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
1989 Movie
6.9
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
1988 Movie
7.4
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986 Movie
4.0
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
1986 Movie
7.0
The Wind and the Bomb
1986 Movie
6.8
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
1984 Movie
10.0
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
1982 Movie
6.0
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
1982 Movie
6.0
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
1980 Movie
3.8
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
1980 Movie
10.0
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
1978 Movie
5.3
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
1978 Movie
4.8
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
1977 Movie
6.4
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
1973 Movie
6.6
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
1971 Movie
4.6
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
1969 Movie
6.0
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
1968 Movie
6.3
Tell Me Lies
1968 Movie
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
1967 Movie
8.5
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
1965 Movie
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963 Movie
8.0
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
1962 Movie
7.1
Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
1961 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Peggy Ashcroft.
6.5
A Perfect Spy
as Miss Dubber • 7 eps
1987 Series
10.0
Playing Shakespeare
9 eps
1984 Series
6.0
Six Centuries of Verse
as Self - Reader • 8 eps
1984 Series
6.4
The Jewel in the Crown
as Barbie Batchelor • 7 eps
1984 Series
6.2
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Queen Mary • 5 eps
1978 Series
7.0
Playhouse
as Frau Messner • 1 eps
1974 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as The Rat Wife • 1 eps
1965 Series
9.0
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret • 3 eps
1965 Series
7.2
Theatre 625
as Rebekka West • 1 eps
1964 Series