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.
Movies
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
The Wind and the Bomb
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
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
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)
TV Series
A Perfect Spy
Miss Dubber
7 Episodes
Playing Shakespeare
9 Episodes
The Jewel in the Crown
Barbie Batchelor
7 Episodes
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Queen Mary
5 Episodes
Playhouse
Frau Messner
1 Episode
BBC Play of the Month
The Rat Wife
1 Episode
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
3 Episodes
Theatre 625
Rebekka West
1 Episode