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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK, 1907-12-22

Died: 1991-06-14

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1933	The Wandering Jew	Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)	76
2	1935	The 39 Steps	The Crofter's Wife Margaret	73
3	1936	Rhodes of Africa	Anna Carpenter	60
4	1940	Channel Incident	The Woman	0
5	1941	Quiet Wedding	Flower Lisle	50
6	1942	We Serve		0
7	1959	The Nun's Story	Mother Mathilde	72
8	1961	Terminus	Mother (uncredited)	71
9	1962	The Cherry Orchard	Madame Ranevsky	80
10	1963	Britain Welcomes the President of India		0
11	1965	The Wars of the Roses	Queen Margaret	85
12	1967	October Revolution	Self (narrator)	0
13	1968	Tell Me Lies		63
14	1968	Secret Ceremony	Hannah	60
15	1969	3 Into 2 Won't Go	Belle	50
16	1971	Sunday Bloody Sunday	Mrs. Greville	66
17	1973	The Pedestrian	Lady Gray	64
18	1977	Joseph Andrews	Lady Tattle	47
19	1978	Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures	Lady Gee	53
20	1978	Edward & Mrs. Simpson	Queen Mary	100
21	1980	Caught on a Train	Frau Messner	38
22	1980	Cream in My Coffee	Jean Wilsher	60
23	1982	Little Eyolf	The Rat Wife	60
24	1982	Laurence Olivier: a life	Self	100
25	1984	A Passage to India	Mrs. Moore	68
26	1986	Murder by the Book	Agatha Christie	30
27	1986	The Wind and the Bomb		70
28	1986	When the Wind Blows	Hilda Bloggs (voice)	74
29	1988	Madame Sousatzka	Lady Emily	67
30	1989	The Heat of the Day	Nettie	0
31	1989	She's Been Away	Lillian Huckle	54

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1965	BBC Play of the Month	The Rat Wife	50
2	1966	The Wars of the Roses	Queen Margaret	90
3	1971	Great Performances	Self	53
4	1974	Playhouse	Frau Messner	70
5	1978	Edward and Mrs Simpson	Queen Mary	62
6	1984	The Jewel in the Crown	Barbie Batchelor	67
7	1984	Six Centuries of Verse	Self - Reader	60
8	1984	Playing Shakespeare		100
9	1987	A Perfect Spy	Miss Dubber	65