Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft

Actress
Born
December 22, 1907
Died
June 14, 1991
Awards
15 wins, 25 nominations

Academy Award-winning, legendary English actress - who maintained her status in the British acting elite for decades. Made a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. Almost always on stage, she appeared rarely in film, her first being The Wandering Jew (1933). On stage she was cast…

Biography

Academy Award-winning, legendary English actress - who maintained her status in the British acting elite for decades. Made a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. Almost always on stage, she appeared rarely in film, her first being The Wandering Jew (1933). On stage she was cast in many a Shakespearean role, but in film she usually played sympathetic characters. She won an Oscar for A Passage to India (1984), and her last TV film was She's Been Away (1989).  She died from a stroke.

Actress

The Heat of the DayThe Heat of the Day(1989)as Nettie
She's Been AwayShe's Been Away(1989)as Lillian Huckle
Madame SousatzkaMadame Sousatzka(1988)as Lady Emily
A Perfect SpyA Perfect Spy(1987)as Miss Dubber
When the Wind BlowsWhen the Wind Blows(1986)as Hilda Bloggs

Self

Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre(1991)as Self
A Royal Birthday GalaA Royal Birthday Gala(1990)as Self
The London ProgrammeThe London Programme(1975)as Self
WoganWogan(1982)as Self
OmnibusOmnibus(1967)as Self

Archive Footage

CompressionCompression(1995)as Self
Paul Merton Looks at Alfred HitchcockPaul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock(2009)as Margaret - Crofter's Wife
Casting a Classic(2008)as Mrs. Moore
Cinema 3Cinema 3(1984)as Self
ArenaArena(1975)

Known for

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Peggy Ashcroft and Robert Donat in The 39 Steps (1935)Peggy Ashcroft in The 39 Steps (1935)Peggy Ashcroft and Robert Donat in The 39 Steps (1935)Peggy Ashcroft, Elisabeth Bergner, Lil Dagover, Käthe Haack, Johanna Hofer, Françoise Rosay, and Elsa Wagner in The Pedestrian (1973)Peggy Ashcroft and Walter Huston in Rhodes (1936)Peggy Ashcroft

Credit Score: Peggy Ashcroft

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Mrs. Moore
Fri Feb 01 1985
#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1A Passage to India975.0019857.321123127
2BBC2 Playhouse15.0019746.71119181
3The Nun's Story7.3119597.50812704
4When the Wind Blows6.5019887.70014766
5The 39 Steps5.0019357.60066154
6Sunday Bloody Sunday3.2519716.9047869
7Quiet Wedding2.5019416.700178