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.
The 39 Steps
(The Crofter's Wife Margaret)
When the Wind Blows
(Hilda Bloggs (voice))
Murder by the Book
(Agatha Christie)
The Nun's Story
(Mother Mathilde)
The Pedestrian
(Lady Gray)
A Passage to India
(Mrs. Moore)
Sunday Bloody Sunday
(Mrs. Greville)
Secret Ceremony
(Hannah)
The Cherry Orchard
(Madame Ranevsky)
Caught on a Train
(Frau Messner)
Madame Sousatzka
(Lady Emily)
Joseph Andrews
(Lady Tattle)
3 Into 2 Won't Go
(Belle)
Quiet Wedding
(Flower Lisle)
Britain Welcomes the President of India
The Wars of the Roses
(Queen Margaret)
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
(Queen Mary)
Little Eyolf
(The Rat Wife)
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
(Lady Gee)
She's Been Away
(Lillian Huckle)
Cream in My Coffee
(Jean Wilsher)
Rhodes of Africa
(Anna Carpenter)
Tell Me Lies
Channel Incident
(The Woman)
The Wandering Jew
(Olalla Quintana (Phase IV))
October Revolution
(Self (narrator))
The Heat of the Day
(Nettie)
We Serve
Terminus
(Mother (uncredited))
The Wind and the Bomb
The Jewel in the Crown
(Barbie Batchelor)
Edward and Mrs Simpson
(Queen Mary)
The Wars of the Roses
(Queen Margaret)
Six Centuries of Verse
(Herself - Reader)
A Perfect Spy
(Miss Dubber)
Playing Shakespeare
Caught on a Train
(Frau Messner)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited))
Great Performances
(Self)