Peggy Ashcroft
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1907-12-22
Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Popularity: 0.5
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.
Known For Filmography
Great Performances
1971
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Playhouse
1974
The Wednesday Play
1964
Theatre 625
1964
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
The 39 Steps
1935
The Nun's Story
1959
A Perfect Spy
1987
When the Wind Blows
1986
A Passage to India
1984
The Wars of the Roses
1965
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Secret Ceremony
1968
Joseph Andrews
1977
Tell Me Lies
1968
Madame Sousatzka
1988
The Wars of the Roses
1965
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
She's Been Away
1989
Rhodes of Africa
1936
The Cherry Orchard
1962
The Pedestrian
1973
Little Eyolf
1982
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
Caught on a Train
1980
Murder by the Book
1986
The Wandering Jew
1933
The Heat of the Day
1989
October Revolution
1967
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978No Photo
We Serve
1942No Photo
From Chekhov with Love
1968
Laurence Olivier: a life
1982
Terminus
1961
Channel Incident
1940
Quiet Wedding
1941
Days in the Trees
1967
Britain Welcomes the President of India
1963
Cream in My Coffee
1980