Peggy Ashcroft

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

The 39 Steps

as The Crofter's Wife Margaret

A Passage to India

as Mrs. Moore

When the Wind Blows

as Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Cast Credits

She's Been Away

as Lillian Huckle

Madame Sousatzka

as Lady Emily

When the Wind Blows

as Hilda Bloggs (voice)

Murder by the Book

as Agatha Christie

A Passage to India

as Mrs. Moore

Little Eyolf

as The Rat Wife

Cream in My Coffee

as Jean Wilsher

Caught on a Train

as Frau Messner

Joseph Andrews

as Lady Tattle

The Pedestrian

as Lady Gray

Sunday Bloody Sunday

as Mrs. Greville

From Chekhov with Love

as Olga Knipper

The Wars of the Roses

as Queen Margaret

The Cherry Orchard

as Madame Ranevsky

The Nun's Story

as Mother Mathilde

Quiet Wedding

as Flower Lisle

Channel Incident

as The Woman

Rhodes of Africa

as Anna Carpenter

The 39 Steps

as The Crofter's Wife Margaret

The Wandering Jew

as Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)