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Peggy Ashcroft

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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: Acting
Born: 22 Dec 1907
Died: 14 Jun 1991
Place of birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Known for

The 39 Steps1935
When the Wind Blows1986

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A Passage to India1984

Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955

The Nun's Story1959

Actor

She's Been Away1989
The Heat of the Day1989
Madame Sousatzka1988
A Perfect Spy1987
A Perfect Spy
Season 1
S1E3Part 3
When the Wind Blows1986
Murder by the Book1986
The Wind and the Bomb1986
A Passage to India1984
Playing Shakespeare1984
Six Centuries of Verse1984
Six Centuries of Verse
Season 1
S1E1Chaucer - Ted Hughes
S1E11Younger Romantics
S1E12Victorians 1837-1901
S1E14Romantics and Realists
S1E4Medieval - Elizabethan 1400-1600
S1E5Shakespeare 1564-1616
S1E6Metaphysical and Devotional 1590-1670
S1E9Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805
The Jewel in the Crown1984
The Jewel in the Crown
Season 1
S1E11Travelling Companions
S1E3Questions of Loyalty
S1E5The Regimental Silver
S1E6Ordeal by Fire
S1E7Daughters of the Regiment
S1E8The Day of the Scorpion
S1E9The Towers of Silence
Laurence Olivier: A Life1982
Little Eyolf1982
Cream in My Coffee1980
Caught on a Train1980
Edward and Mrs Simpson1978
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Season 1
S1E2Venus at the Prow
S1E3The New King
S1E5The Decision
S1E6Proposals
S1E7The Abdication
Edward & Mrs. Simpson1978
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures1978
Joseph Andrews1977
Playhouse1974
Playhouse
Season 7
S7E1Caught on a Train
The PedestrianDer Fußgänger1973
Sunday Bloody Sunday1971
Great Performances1971
Great Performances
Season 12
S12E4Laurence Olivier: A Life
3 Into 2 Won't Go1969
Secret Ceremony1968
From Chekhov with Love1968
Tell Me Lies1968
October RevolutionRévolution d'octobre1967
Days in the Trees1967
BBC Play of the Month1965
BBC Play of the Month
Season 15
S15E3Little Eyolf
The Wars of the Roses1965
The Wars of the Roses1965
The Wars of the Roses
Season 1
S1E1Henry VI
S1E2Edward IV
S1E3Richard III
The Wednesday Play1964
The Wednesday Play
Season 3
S3E19Days in the Trees
Theatre 6251964
Theatre 625
Season 3
S3E3Rosmersholm
Britain Welcomes the President of India1963
The Cherry Orchard1962
Terminus1961
The Nun's Story1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Season 0
S0E13Reputations: Hitch Part 1
We Serve1942
Quiet Wedding1941
Channel Incident1940
Rhodes of Africa1936
The 39 Steps1935
The Wandering Jew1933