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.
1989She's Been AwayMovieas Lillian Huckle
1989The Heat of the DayMovieas Nettie1988Madame SousatzkaMovieas Lady Emily1987A Perfect SpyTV showas Miss Dubber · 7 episodes1986When the Wind BlowsMovieas Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986Murder by the BookMovieas Agatha Christie
1986The Wind and the BombMovie1984A Passage to IndiaMovieas Mrs. Moore
1984Playing ShakespeareTV show9 episodes
1984Six Centuries of VerseTV showas Self - Reader · 8 episodes1984The Jewel in the CrownTV showas Barbie Batchelor · 7 episodes
1982Laurence Olivier: A LifeMovieas Self
1982Little EyolfMovieas The Rat Wife
1980Cream in My CoffeeMovieas Jean Wilsher
1980Caught on a TrainMovieas Frau Messner1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonTV showas Queen Mary · 5 episodes
1978Edward & Mrs. SimpsonMovieas Queen Mary
1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's PicturesMovieas Lady Gee1977Joseph AndrewsMovieas Lady Tattle
1974PlayhouseTV showas Frau Messner · 1 episodes1973The PedestrianMovieas Lady Gray1971Sunday Bloody SundayMovieas Mrs. Greville1971Great PerformancesTV showas Self · 1 episodes19693 Into 2 Won't GoMovieas Belle1968Secret CeremonyMovieas Hannah1968Tell Me LiesMovie
1967October RevolutionMovieas Self (narrator)
1967Days in the TreesMovieas The Mother1965BBC Play of the MonthTV showas The Rat Wife · 1 episodes
1965The Wars of the RosesMovieas Queen Margaret
1965The Wars of the RosesTV showas Queen Margaret · as Margaret of Anjou · 3 episodes
1964The Wednesday PlayTV showas The Mother · 1 episodes
1964Theatre 625TV showas Rebekka West · 1 episodes
1963Britain Welcomes the President of IndiaMovie
1962The Cherry OrchardMovieas Madame Ranevsky1961TerminusMovieas Mother (uncredited)1959The Nun's StoryMovieas Mother Mathilde1941Quiet WeddingMovieas Flower Lisle
1940Channel IncidentMovieas The Woman
1936Rhodes of AfricaMovieas Anna Carpenter1935The 39 StepsMovieas The Crofter's Wife Margaret1933The Wandering JewMovieas Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)