Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
Born December 22, 1907 · Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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 · 40 titles
Great Performances
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre 625
The Wednesday Play
Playhouse
The Jewel in the Crown
Playing Shakespeare
The Nun's Story
A Perfect Spy
The Wars of the Roses
Edward and Mrs Simpson
The 39 Steps
Six Centuries of Verse
When the Wind Blows
A Passage to India
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Madame Sousatzka
Caught on a Train
Cream in My Coffee
The Heat of the Day
The Cherry Orchard
The Wars of the Roses
Days in the Trees
Secret Ceremony
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Joseph Andrews
October Revolution
She's Been Away
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Rhodes of Africa
Quiet Wedding
Tell Me Lies
The Wind and the Bomb
The Wandering Jew
From Chekhov with Love
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Terminus
Little Eyolf
Murder by the Book