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
Playhouse
Theatre 625
The Jewel in the Crown
Playing Shakespeare
Edward and Mrs Simpson
Six Centuries of Verse
A Perfect Spy
The Nun's Story
The 39 Steps
When the Wind Blows
The Wars of the Roses
A Passage to India
Madame Sousatzka
Sunday Bloody Sunday
The Wars of the Roses
Secret Ceremony
Tell Me Lies
Cream in My Coffee
The Cherry Orchard
Joseph Andrews
She's Been Away
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
No Image
We Serve
The Pedestrian
3 Into 2 Won't Go
Rhodes of Africa
The Heat of the Day
Terminus