Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft (83)

1907-12-22 - 1991-06-14 | 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.

On Movies

  • She's Been Away
  • The Heat of the Day
  • Madame Sousatzka
  • When the Wind Blows
  • Murder by the Book
  • A Passage to India
  • Little Eyolf
  • Cream in My Coffee
  • Caught on a Train
  • Edward & Mrs. Simpson
  • Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
  • Joseph Andrews
  • The Pedestrian
  • Sunday Bloody Sunday
  • 3 Into 2 Won't Go
  • Secret Ceremony
  • The Wars of the Roses
  • The Cherry Orchard
  • The Nun's Story
  • We Serve
  • Quiet Wedding
  • Channel Incident
  • Rhodes of Africa
  • The 39 Steps
  • The Wandering Jew

On Series

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