Dec 22, 1907 - Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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.
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| Movie | 1935 | The 39 Steps | The Crofter's Wife Margaret | |
| Movie | 1986 | When the Wind Blows | Hilda Bloggs (voice) | |
| Movie | 1986 | Murder by the Book | Agatha Christie | |
| Movie | 1959 | The Nun's Story | Mother Mathilde | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Pedestrian | Lady Gray | |
| Movie | 1984 | A Passage to India | Mrs. Moore | |
| Movie | 1971 | Sunday Bloody Sunday | Mrs. Greville | |
| Movie | 1968 | Secret Ceremony | Hannah | |
| Movie | 1962 | The Cherry Orchard | Madame Ranevsky | |
| Movie | 1980 | Caught on a Train | Frau Messner | |
| Movie | 1988 | Madame Sousatzka | Lady Emily | |
| Movie | 1977 | Joseph Andrews | Lady Tattle | |
| Movie | 1969 | 3 Into 2 Won't Go | Belle | |
| Movie | 1941 | Quiet Wedding | Flower Lisle | |
| Movie | 1963 | Britain Welcomes the President of India | ||
| Movie | 1965 | The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret | |
| Movie | 1978 | Edward & Mrs. Simpson | Queen Mary | |
| Movie | 1982 | Little Eyolf | The Rat Wife | |
| Movie | 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures | Lady Gee | |
| Movie | 1989 | She's Been Away | Lillian Huckle | |
| Movie | 1980 | Cream in My Coffee | Jean Wilsher | |
| Movie | 1936 | Rhodes of Africa | Anna Carpenter | |
| Movie | 1968 | Tell Me Lies | ||
| Movie | 1940 | Channel Incident | The Woman | |
| Movie | 1933 | The Wandering Jew | Olalla Quintana (Phase IV) | |
| Movie | 1967 | October Revolution | Self (narrator) | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Heat of the Day | Nettie | |
| Movie | 1942 | We Serve | ||
| Movie | 1961 | Terminus | Mother (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Wind and the Bomb | ||
| Movie | 1982 | Laurence Olivier: a life | Self | |
| TV Show | 1984 | The Jewel in the Crown | Barbie Batchelor | 14 |
| TV Show | 1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson | Queen Mary | 5 |
| TV Show | 1966 | The Wars of the Roses | Queen Margaret | 11 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Six Centuries of Verse | Self - Reader | 8 |
| TV Show | 1987 | A Perfect Spy | Miss Dubber | 7 |
| TV Show | 1984 | Playing Shakespeare | 9 | |
| TV Show | 1971 | Great Performances | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Playhouse | Frau Messner | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | The Rat Wife | 1 |
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