Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

​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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Known For

Great Performances

Great Performances

1971 • as Self

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955 • as Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978 • as Queen Mary

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

1935 • as The Crofter's Wife Margaret

The Nun's Story

The Nun's Story

1959 • as Mother Mathilde

The Jewel in the Crown

The Jewel in the Crown

1984 • as Barbie Batchelor

Filmography

1989

She's Been Away
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
Movie - Released: 7/9/1989
The Heat of the Day
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
Movie - Released: 6/9/1989

1988

Madame Sousatzka
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
Movie - Released: 10/14/1988

1987

A Perfect Spy
A Perfect Spy
as Miss Dubber
TV - Released: 11/4/1987

1986

When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/24/1986
Murder by the Book
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
Movie - Released: 1/1/1986
The Wind and the Bomb
The Wind and the Bomb
Movie - Released: 1/1/1986

1984

A Passage to India
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
Movie - Released: 12/14/1984
The Jewel in the Crown
The Jewel in the Crown
as Barbie Batchelor
TV - Released: 1/9/1984
Six Centuries of Verse
Six Centuries of Verse
as Herself - Reader
TV - Released: 5/2/1984
Playing Shakespeare
Playing Shakespeare
TV - Released: 7/29/1984

1982

Little Eyolf
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
Movie - Released: 7/19/1982

1980

Caught on a Train
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
Movie - Released: 10/31/1980
Cream in My Coffee
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
Movie - Released: 11/2/1980

1978

Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
Movie - Released: 11/6/1978
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
Movie - Released: 9/1/1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Queen Mary
TV - Released: 11/8/1978

1977

Joseph Andrews
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
Movie - Released: 3/9/1977

1973

The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
Movie - Released: 9/5/1973

1971

Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
Movie - Released: 7/1/1971
Great Performances
Great Performances
as Self
TV - Released: 1/28/1971

1969

3 Into 2 Won't Go
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
Movie - Released: 7/2/1969

1968

Secret Ceremony
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
Movie - Released: 10/23/1968
Tell Me Lies
Tell Me Lies
Movie - Released: 2/2/1968

1967

October Revolution
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
Movie - Released: 10/11/1967

1966

The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
TV - Released: 1/6/1966

1965

The Wars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
Movie - Released: 4/8/1965

1963

Britain Welcomes the President of India
Britain Welcomes the President of India
Movie - Released: 6/12/1963

1962

The Cherry Orchard
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
Movie - Released: 4/17/1962

1961

Terminus
Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/1/1961

1959

The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
Movie - Released: 6/18/1959

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV - Released: 10/2/1955

1942

Movie
We Serve
Movie - Released: 6/29/1942

1941

Quiet Wedding
Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
Movie - Released: 4/19/1941

1940

Channel Incident
Channel Incident
as The Woman
Movie - Released: 4/28/1940

1936

Rhodes of Africa
Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
Movie - Released: 6/30/1936

1935

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
Movie - Released: 6/6/1935

1933

The Wandering Jew
The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Movie - Released: 11/15/1933

Unknown

TV
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
TV