
Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
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
Lillian Huckle

The Heat of the Day
Nettie

Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily

When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)

The Wind and the Bomb

Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie

A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore

Laurence Olivier: a life
Self

Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife

Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher

Caught on a Train
Frau Messner

Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary

Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee

Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle

The Pedestrian
Lady Gray

Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville

3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle

Secret Ceremony
Hannah
From Chekhov with Love
Olga Knipper

Tell Me Lies

October Revolution
Self (narrator)

The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret

Britain Welcomes the President of India

The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky

Terminus
Mother (uncredited)

The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
We Serve

Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle

Channel Incident
The Woman

Rhodes of Africa
Anna Carpenter

The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret

The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)







