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.
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie
The Nun's Story
Mother Mathilde
The Pedestrian
Lady Gray
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Mrs. Greville
Secret Ceremony
Hannah
The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky
Caught on a Train
Frau Messner
Madame Sousatzka
Lady Emily
Joseph Andrews
Lady Tattle
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Belle
Quiet Wedding
Flower Lisle
Britain Welcomes the President of India
The Wars of the Roses
Queen Margaret
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Queen Mary
Little Eyolf
The Rat Wife
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Lady Gee
She's Been Away
Lillian Huckle
Cream in My Coffee
Jean Wilsher
Rhodes of Africa
Anna Carpenter
Tell Me Lies
Channel Incident
The Woman
The Wandering Jew
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
October Revolution
Self (narrator)
The Heat of the Day
Nettie
Terminus
Mother (uncredited)
The Wind and the Bomb
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self