Personal Info
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
BirthdayDecember 21, 1907 (117 years old)
Place of BirthCroydon, Surrey, England, UK
Peggy Ashcroft
Biography
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
The 39 Steps
When the Wind Blows
Murder by the Book
The Nun's Story
The Pedestrian
A Passage to India
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Secret Ceremony
The Cherry Orchard
Caught on a Train
Madame Sousatzka
Joseph Andrews
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Quiet Wedding
Britain Welcomes the President of India
The Wars of the Roses
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Little Eyolf
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
She's Been Away
Cream in My Coffee
Rhodes of Africa
Tell Me Lies
Channel Incident
The Wandering Jew
October Revolution
The Heat of the Day
We Serve
Terminus
The Wind and the Bomb
The Jewel in the Crown
Edward and Mrs Simpson
The Wars of the Roses
Six Centuries of Verse
A Perfect Spy
Playing Shakespeare
Caught on a Train
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Great Performances
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