Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1907-12-22

Deathday

1991-06-14 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Also Known As

Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft
Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft
Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

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.

Known For

7.3%

The 39 Steps

Jun 6, 1935

6.8%

A Passage to India

Dec 14, 1984

7.4%

When the Wind Blows

Oct 24, 1986

7.7%

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Oct 2, 1955

7.1%

The Nun's Story

Jun 18, 1959

6.6%

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Jul 1, 1971

6.0%

Secret Ceremony

Oct 23, 1968

6.7%

The Jewel in the Crown

Jan 9, 1984

6.7%

Madame Sousatzka

Oct 14, 1988

5.4%

Great Performances

Jan 28, 1971

7.1%

Terminus

Dec 1, 1961

6.5%

A Perfect Spy

Nov 4, 1987

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Acting

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Caught on a Train as Frau Messner

1989		She's Been Away as Lillian Huckle
1989		The Heat of the Day as Nettie

1988

Madame Sousatzka as Lady Emily

1987

A Perfect Spy as Miss Dubber

1986		When the Wind Blows as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1986		Murder by the Book as Agatha Christie
1986		The Wind and the Bomb

1984		A Passage to India as Mrs. Moore
1984		Playing Shakespeare
1984		Six Centuries of Verse as Herself - Reader
1984		The Jewel in the Crown as Barbie Batchelor