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Peggy Ashcroft
Actress 1907 - 1991

Peggy Ashcroft

Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

​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... Read full bio →

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9 roles
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Character Hilda Bloggs
Shot from A Passage to India
Character Mrs. Moore
Shot from The 39 Steps
Character Margaret Crofter
Der Fußgänger No snapshots yet
Character Lady Gray
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Character Mrs. Greville
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Character Hannah
Terminus No snapshots yet
Character Mother (uncredited)

Terminus

1961

Title screen of The Nun's Story No snapshots yet
Character Mother Mathilde
Quiet Wedding No snapshots yet
Character Flower Lisle

Filmography

Every title this person appears in

9 titles
When the Wind Blows
When the Wind Blows 1986
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 1984
Der Fußgänger
Der Fußgänger 1973
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971
Secret Ceremony
Secret Ceremony 1968
Terminus
Terminus 1961
The Nun's Story
The Nun's Story 1959
Quiet Wedding
Quiet Wedding 1941
The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps 1935

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