Peggy Ashcroft
Biography
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
BBC Play of the Month
Playhouse
The Wednesday Play
Theatre 625
The Jewel in the Crown
The Nun's Story
Playing Shakespeare
Six Centuries of Verse
A Perfect Spy
Edward and Mrs Simpson
The 39 Steps
When the Wind Blows
A Passage to India
Sunday Bloody Sunday
We Serve
Madame Sousatzka
The Wars of the Roses