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.
Acted in 38
1980s
- 1989
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
- 1988
- 1987
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber · 7 episodes
- 1986
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
The Wind and the Bomb
Movie
- 1984
- 1982
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
- 1980
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
1970s
- 1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary · 5 episodes
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
- 1977
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
- 1974
- 1973
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
- 1971
1960s
- 1969
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
- 1968
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
Tell Me Lies
Movie
- 1967
Days in the Trees
The Mother
- 1965
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret, Margaret of Anjou
- 1964
- 1963
Britain Welcomes the President of India
Movie
- 1962
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
- 1961
Terminus
Mother (uncredited)
1950s
- 1959
1940s
- 1941
Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle
- 1940
Channel Incident
The Woman
1930s
- 1936
Rhodes of Africa
Anna Carpenter
- 1935
- 1933
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Appearances4
1980s
- 1984
Six Centuries of Verse
Self - Reader · 8 episodes
- 1982
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Self
1970s
- 1971
1960s
- 1967
October Revolution
Self (narrator)