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Ashcroft, Dame Peggy (1907-1991)
 

Film & TV credits


Film credits
 
THE WANDERING JEW1933Olalla Quintana (fourth episode)
THE 39 STEPS1935Margaret, the crofter's wife
RHODES OF AFRIDA1936Ann Carpenter, the writer
CHANNEL INCIDENT1940woman
QUIET WEDDING1941Flower Lisle
SUNSHINE IN SOHO1956on-screen participant
THE NUN'S STORYUS, 1958Mother Mathilde
THE SILENT FACTOR1962commentator
REVOLUTION D'OCTOBREFrance, 1967narrator
TELL ME LIES1967cast member
SECRET CEREMONY1968Aunt Hanna
THREE INTO TWO WON'T GO1968Belle
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY1971Mrs Greville
JOSEPH ANDREWS1976Lady Tattle
LANDSCAPE1976Beth
HULLABALOO OVER GEORGIE AND BONNIE'S PICTURESIndia, 1978Lady Gwyneth 'Lady G.' McLaren Pugh
A PASSAGE TO INDIA1984Mrs Moore
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS1986voice of Hilda Boggs
MADAME SOUSATZKA1988Lady Emily
 
Television credits
 
TWELFTH NIGHTBBC tx 2/1/1939Olivia
THE TEMPESTBBC tx 5/2/1939Miranda
LEISURE AND PLEASURE: Peggy AshcroftBBC tx 29/4/1952interviewee
THE CHERRY ORCHARDBBC tx 13/4/1962Mme. Lyubov Andreyeyna Ranevsky
SUNDAY NIGHT THEATRE: Shadow of HeroesBBC tx 19/7/1959Julia Rajk
GOLDEN DRAMAITV tx 31/1/1965on-screen participant
THE WARS OF THE ROSES: Henry VIBBC1 tx 8/4/1965Margaret
THE WARS OF THE ROSES: Edward IVBBC1 tx 15/4/1965Margaret
THE WARS OF THE ROSES: Richard IIIBBC1 tx 22/4/1965Margaret
THEATRE 625: RosmersholmBBC2 tx 26/9/1965Rebecca West
STAR PERFORMANCE: From Chekhov with LoveITV tx 14/6/1968Olga Knipper
THE HASSALLSBBC2 tx 16/11/1971on-screen participant
THE LAST JOURNEYITV tx 19/4/1972Sonya
YOUR NATIONAL THEATREITV tx 21/8/1976on-screen participant
EDWARD AND MRS SIMPSONITV, 8/11-13/12/1978 (7 pts)Queen Mary (4 pts)
PAUL ROBESONBBC2 tx 26/11/1978on-screen participant
PLAYHOUSE: Caught on a TrainBBC2 tx 31/10/1980Frau Messner
CREAM IN MY COFFEEITV tx 2/11/1980Jean Wilsher
PLAY OF THE MONTH: Little EyolfBBC1 tx 19/7/1982the Rat Wife
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: Laurence Olivier - A LifeITV tx 17/10/1982on-screen participant
GLORIAITV tx 14/11/1982'Gloria' spoken by
THE NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST: A Scientific ForecastJapan/Sweden, 1984 tx 7/8/1985narrator
THE JEWEL IN THE CROWNITV, 9/1-3/4/1984 (14 pts)Barbie Batchelor (7 pts)
SIX CENTURIES OF VERSEChannel 4 tx 2/5-9/12/1984 (16 pts)Reader
PLAYING SHAKESPEARE: Poetry and Hidden PoetryChannel 4 tx 23/9/1984on-screen participant
DAME PEGGY: A Portrait of Peggy AshcroftChannel 4 tx 24/12/1986interviewee
TWO LOVES - POETRY AND MUSIC FROM THE AGE OF ELIZABETH IBBC 1987on-screen participant
A PERFECT SPYBBC2, 4/11-16/12/1987 (7 pts)Miss Dibber (3 pts)
OMNIBUS: Gwen - A Juliet RememberedBBC1 tx 7/10/1988on-screen participant
THE LONDON PROGRAMME: Saving the Rose TheatreITV tx 2/6/1989on-screen participant
SCREEN ONE: She's Been AwayBBC1 tx 8/10/1989Lillian Huckle
LAURENCE OLIVIER - A SERVICE OF THANKSGIVING FROM WESTMINSTER ABBEYBBC1 tx 20/10/1989Reader
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: FitzroviaITV tx 12/11/1989on-screen participant
THE HEAT OF THE DAYITV tx 30/12/1989Cousin Nettie
MURDER BY THE BOOKA&E Network (US) tx 17/06/1990Agatha Christie
THE LATE SHOW: Peggy Ashcroft TributeBBC2 tx 17/6/1991subject of film
DAME PEGGYChannel Four tx 28/12/1991subject of film