Peggy Ashcroft
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
41
Gender
Female
Birthday
1907-12-22
Day of death
1991-06-14 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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
Great Performances
BBC Play of the Month
Playhouse
The Nun's Story
Terminus
The Jewel in the Crown
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Quiet Wedding
When the Wind Blows
A Passage to India
Madame Sousatzka
Playing Shakespeare
Little Eyolf
Britain Welcomes the President of India
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Channel Incident
Murder by the Book
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Cream in My Coffee
Six Centuries of Verse
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
We Serve
The Heat of the Day
Rhodes of Africa
Secret Ceremony
The Wars of the Roses
The Wind and the Bomb
She's Been Away
October Revolution
From Chekhov with Love
Laurence Olivier: a life
A Perfect Spy
The Pedestrian
The 39 Steps
Caught on a Train
The Wars of the Roses
Tell Me Lies
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Joseph Andrews
The Cherry Orchard
The Wandering Jew
