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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.
She's Been Away
as Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day
as Nettie
Madame Sousatzka
as Lady Emily
A Perfect Spy
as Miss Dubber
When the Wind Blows
as Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book
as Agatha Christie
The Wind and the Bomb
A Passage to India
as Mrs. Moore
Playing Shakespeare
Six Centuries of Verse
as Self - Reader
The Jewel in the Crown
as Barbie Batchelor
Laurence Olivier: a life
as Self
Little Eyolf
as The Rat Wife
Cream in My Coffee
as Jean Wilsher
Caught on a Train
as Frau Messner
Edward and Mrs Simpson
as Queen Mary
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
as Queen Mary
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
as Lady Gee
Joseph Andrews
as Lady Tattle
Playhouse
as Frau Messner
The Pedestrian
as Lady Gray
Sunday Bloody Sunday
as Mrs. Greville
Great Performances
as Self
3 Into 2 Won't Go
as Belle
Secret Ceremony
as Hannah
From Chekhov with Love
as Olga Knipper
Tell Me Lies
October Revolution
as Self (narrator)
Days in the Trees
as The Mother
BBC Play of the Month
as The Rat Wife
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
The Wars of the Roses
as Queen Margaret
The Wednesday Play
as The Mother
Theatre 625
as Rebekka West
Britain Welcomes the President of India
The Cherry Orchard
as Madame Ranevsky
Terminus
as Mother (uncredited)
The Nun's Story
as Mother Mathilde
We Serve
Quiet Wedding
as Flower Lisle
Channel Incident
as The Woman
Rhodes of Africa
as Anna Carpenter
The 39 Steps
as The Crofter's Wife Margaret
The Wandering Jew
as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
