
Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
12
Movies
12
TV Shows
24
Credits
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.

Peggy Ashcroft
Acting
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.

Great Performances

BBC Play of the Month

Playhouse

Theatre 625

The Wednesday Play

The Jewel in the Crown

Playing Shakespeare

Edward and Mrs Simpson

Six Centuries of Verse

The Nun's Story

A Passage to India

The 39 Steps

A Perfect Spy

The Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses

Sunday Bloody Sunday

When the Wind Blows

Secret Ceremony

Madame Sousatzka

Joseph Andrews

Murder by the Book

Tell Me Lies

Edward & Mrs. Simpson

Rhodes of Africa