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.
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
Film 1935
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
Film 1986
Agatha Christie
Film 1986
Mother Mathilde
Film 1959
Lady Gray
Film 1973
Mrs. Greville
Film 1971
Hannah
Film 1968
Madame Ranevsky
Film 1962
Frau Messner
Film 1980
Lady Emily
Film 1988
Lady Tattle
Film 1977
Belle
Film 1969
Flower Lisle
Film 1941
Film 1963
Queen Margaret
Film 1965
Queen Mary
Film 1978
The Rat Wife
Film 1982
Lady Gee
Film 1978
Lillian Huckle
Film 1989
Jean Wilsher
Film 1980
Anna Carpenter
Film 1936
Film 1968
The Woman
Film 1940
Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)
Film 1933
Self (narrator)
Film 1967
Nettie
Film 1989
Film 1942
Mother (uncredited)
Film 1961
Film 1986
Queen Mary
Tv 1978
Queen Margaret
Tv 1966
Herself - Reader
Tv 1984
Miss Dubber
Tv 1987
Tv 1984
Frau Messner
Tv
Margaret - Crofter's Wife (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tv 1955
Self
Tv 1971