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
- Great Performances (1971)
- BBC Play of the Month (1965)
- The Wednesday Play (1964)
- Theatre 625 (1964)
- Playhouse (1974)
- The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
- Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978)
- Six Centuries of Verse (1984)
- The Wars of the Roses (1965)
- The Wars of the Roses (1965)
- The 39 Steps (1935)
- A Passage to India (1984)
- The Nun's Story (1959)
- Playing Shakespeare (1984)
- When the Wind Blows (1986)
- A Perfect Spy (1987)
- The Wars of the Roses (1965)
- Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
- She's Been Away (1989)
- Secret Ceremony (1968)