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Peggy Ashcroft

Born: 1907-12-22

From: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

About: ​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.

Film credits:

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