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.
Filmography
Great Performances
BBC Play of the Month
Theatre 625
Playhouse
Playing Shakespeare
The Jewel in the Crown
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Six Centuries of Verse
A Perfect Spy
The Wars of the Roses
Sunday Bloody Sunday
A Passage to India
Madame Sousatzka
The Nun's Story
The 39 Steps
When the Wind Blows
Laurence Olivier: a life
Cream in My Coffee
Joseph Andrews
The Wars of the Roses
October Revolution
Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Caught on a Train
Secret Ceremony
Little Eyolf
She's Been Away
3 Into 2 Won't Go
The Wandering Jew
Quiet Wedding
The Pedestrian