Acting · geboren 1907-12-22 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

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.

Bekannt aus

Die 39 Stufen (1935) – The Crofter's Wife Margaret
Wenn der Wind weht (1986) – Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Reise nach Indien (1984) – Mrs. Moore
Geschichte einer Nonne (1959) – Mother Mathilde
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) – Mrs. Greville
Die Frau aus dem Nichts (1968) – Hannah
Das Juwel der Krone (1984) – Barbie Batchelor
Great Performances (1971) – Self
Madame Sousatzka (1988) – Lady Emily
Terminus (1961) – Mother (uncredited)
A Perfect Spy (1987) – Miss Dubber
Die Abenteuer des Joseph Andrews (1977) – Lady Tattle
Tell Me Lies (1968)
2 durch 3 geht nicht (1969) – Belle
She's Been Away (1989) – Lillian Huckle
BBC Play of the Month (1965) – The Rat Wife
Quiet Wedding (1941) – Flower Lisle
Ahasver, der ewige Jude (1933) – Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Der Fußgänger (1973) – Lady Gray
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) – Lady Gee
Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978) – Queen Mary
Cream in My Coffee (1980) – Jean Wilsher
Theatre 625 (1964) – Rebekka West
The Wednesday Play (1964) – The Mother
Murder by the Book (1986) – Agatha Christie
Caught on a Train (1980) – Frau Messner
The Wars of the Roses (1965) – Queen Margaret
Little Eyolf (1982) – The Rat Wife
Playing Shakespeare (1984)
Rhodes of Africa (1936) – Anna Carpenter
The Wind and the Bomb (1986)
Six Centuries of Verse (1984) – Self - Reader
The Cherry Orchard (1962) – Madame Ranevsky
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) – Queen Mary
Channel Incident (1940) – The Woman
Révolution d'octobre (1967) – Self (narrator)
The Heat of the Day (1989) – Nettie
Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982) – Self
The Wars of the Roses (1965) – Queen Margaret
Playhouse (1974) – Frau Messner