Peggy Ashcroft
British actress (1907-1991) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 83
Dame Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" Ashcroft was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades, both on screen and stage.
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1991Died14 June 1991Society of London Theatre Special AwardAward1989Volpi Cup for Best ActressAward
She's Been AwayFilm, 1989Lillian Huckle1987
A Perfect SpySeries, Miss Dubber1986BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleAwardHonorary DoctorateAward
Murder by the BookFilm, 1986Agatha Christie1985Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAwardBritish Academy Television Award for Best ActressAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward1984
Playing ShakespeareSeries
Six Centuries of VerseSeries, 1984
The Jewel in the CrownSeries, 1984Barbie Batchelor1982
Laurence Olivier: A LifeFilm1981British Academy Television Award for Best ActressAward1980
Caught on a TrainFilm, Frau Messner1978
Edward and Mrs SimpsonSeries, Queen Mary1977
Joseph AndrewsFilm, Lady Tattle1976Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New PlayAward1974
PlayhouseSeries, Frau Messner1971
Great PerformancesSeries
Sunday Bloody SundayFilm, 1971Mrs. Greville1968From Chekhov with LoveFilm, Olga Knipper1967
Days in the TreesFilm, The Mother1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, The Rat Wife1964
The Wednesday PlaySeries, The Mother
Theatre 625Series, 1964Rebekka West1963
Britain Welcomes the President of IndiaFilm1961
TerminusFilm, Mother (uncredited)1956Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1955King's Medal of Merit in GoldAward1942We ServeFilm1941
Quiet WeddingFilm, Flower Lisle1936
Rhodes of AfricaFilm, Anna Carpenter1933
The Wandering JewFilm, Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)1907Born22 December 1907
She's Been AwayFilm, 1989Lillian Huckle1987A Perfect SpySeries, Miss Dubber1986BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleAwardHonorary DoctorateAwardMurder by the BookFilm, 1986Agatha Christie1985Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAwardBritish Academy Television Award for Best ActressAwardGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureAward1984Playing ShakespeareSeriesSix Centuries of VerseSeries, 1984The Jewel in the CrownSeries, 1984Barbie Batchelor1982Laurence Olivier: A LifeFilm1981British Academy Television Award for Best ActressAward1980Caught on a TrainFilm, Frau Messner1978Edward and Mrs SimpsonSeries, Queen Mary1977Joseph AndrewsFilm, Lady Tattle1976Laurence Olivier Award for Actress of the Year in a New PlayAward1974PlayhouseSeries, Frau Messner1971Great PerformancesSeriesSunday Bloody SundayFilm, 1971Mrs. Greville1968From Chekhov with LoveFilm, Olga Knipper1967Days in the TreesFilm, The Mother1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, The Rat Wife1964The Wednesday PlaySeries, The MotherTheatre 625Series, 1964Rebekka West1963Britain Welcomes the President of IndiaFilm1961TerminusFilm, Mother (uncredited)1956Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1955King's Medal of Merit in GoldAward1942We ServeFilm1941Quiet WeddingFilm, Flower Lisle1936Rhodes of AfricaFilm, Anna Carpenter1933The Wandering JewFilm, Olalla Quintana (Phase IV)1907Born22 December 1907People around Peggy
- Peter Hall Directed Three Into Two Won't Go (1970)
- John Schlesinger Directed Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
Peter Finch Also in The Nun's Story (1960)- Saeed Jaffrey Also in A Passage to India (1985)
Robert Riettii Also in Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
Christopher Morahan Directed The Jewel in the Crown
Frank Cellier Also in The 39 Steps and Rhodes of Africa
Ivor Barnard Also in The Wandering Jew and Quiet Wedding
Alfred Hitchcock Directed The 39 Steps (1935)
Glenda Jackson Also in Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
Maximilian Schell Directed The Pedestrian (1973)
Tony Richardson Directed Joseph Andrews (1977)
Nigel Hawthorne Duets: Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Bessie Love Also in Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
Edward Fox Duets: Edward & Mrs. Simpson
James Fox Also in She's Been Away and A Passage to India
Richard Wilson Also in A Passage to India (1985)
Eric Porter Also in The Jewel in the Crown- Jon Finch Also in Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
Cynthia Harris Duets: Edward & Mrs. Simpson
Dorothy Tutin Also in The Cherry Orchard (1962)
Richard Loncraine Also in Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)- Henry Blanke Produced The Nun's Story (1959)
- Niké Arrighi Also in Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1971)
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When the Wind Blows 1986
The 39 Steps 1935
The Nun's Story 1959
A Passage to India 1984
Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 33
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Television 11
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About this person
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1991 · aged 83
