Peggy Ashcroft
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.
Advertisement
Peggy Ashcroft — movies and TV shows
6.1SeriesGreat Performances
1971
5.2SeriesBBC Play of the Month
1965
5.2SeriesThe Wednesday Play
1964
7.2SeriesTheatre 625
1964
7.0SeriesPlayhouse
1974
6.5SeriesThe Jewel in the Crown
1984
7.3FilmThe 39 Steps
1935
9.7SeriesPlaying Shakespeare
1984
6.8FilmA Passage to India
1984
7.5FilmWhen the Wind Blows
1986
7.2FilmThe Nun's Story
1959
6.8SeriesEdward and Mrs Simpson
1978
8.0SeriesSix Centuries of Verse
1984
9.0SeriesThe Wars of the Roses
1965
6.6SeriesA Perfect Spy
1987
6.5FilmSunday Bloody Sunday
1971
6.4FilmTell Me Lies
1968
5.7FilmShe's Been Away
1989
6.0FilmSecret Ceremony
1968
5.4FilmJoseph Andrews
1977
6.9FilmMadame Sousatzka
1988
5.2FilmCaught on a Train
1980
8.0FilmThe Cherry Orchard
1962
10.0FilmEdward & Mrs. Simpson
1978
Sponsored
10.0FilmLaurence Olivier: A Life
1982
8.7FilmThe Wars of the Roses
1965
5.0Film3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969
8.0FilmThe Heat of the Day
1989
5.2FilmMurder by the Book
1986
6.2FilmCream in My Coffee
1980
6.7FilmLittle Eyolf
1982
8.5FilmThe Wind and the Bomb
1986
FilmDays in the Trees
1967
7.0FilmThe Pedestrian
1973
6.1FilmHullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
FilmBritain Welcomes the President of India
1963
5.3FilmQuiet Wedding
1941
10.0FilmOctober Revolution
1967
7.5FilmRhodes of Africa
1936
7.4FilmThe Wandering Jew
1933
9.0FilmChannel Incident
1940
7.3FilmTerminus
1961