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
Great Performances
1971
BBC Play of the Month
1965
The Wednesday Play
1964
Playhouse
1974
Theatre 625
1964
The Jewel in the Crown
1984
When the Wind Blows
1986
The Nun's Story
1959
The 39 Steps
1935
A Passage to India
1984
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982
Playing Shakespeare
1984
Edward and Mrs Simpson
1978
Six Centuries of Verse
1984
A Perfect Spy
1987
The Wars of the Roses
1965
The Wars of the Roses
1965
Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971
Madame Sousatzka
1988
Secret Ceremony
1968
Joseph Andrews
1977
The Wars of the Roses
1965
The Pedestrian
1973
3 Into 2 Won't Go
1969