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Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Academy Award-winning, legendary English actress - who maintained her... more
Trivia:
She was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of... more
Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another
12 wins
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9 nominations
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(5 articles)
Stephen Poliakoff interview
(From The Guardian - Film News. 27 November 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
A Passage To India – Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft – d: David Lean
(From Alternative Film Guide. 25 November 2009, 10:05 PM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 27 November 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
A Passage To India – Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft – d: David Lean
(From Alternative Film Guide. 25 November 2009, 10:05 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Dame Peggy Ashcroft
Filmography
Actress:
- She's Been Away (1989) (TV) .... Lillian Huckle
- "The Wars of the Roses" (1989) TV series .... Margaret (unknown episodes)
- The Heat of the Day (1989) (TV) .... Nettie
- Madame Sousatzka (1988) .... Lady Emily
- "A Perfect Spy" (1987) TV mini-series .... Miss Dubber (unknown episodes)
... aka John Le Carré's A Perfect Spy - When the Wind Blows (1986) (voice) .... Hilda Bloggs
- Murder by the Book (1986) (TV) .... Agatha Christie
- A Passage to India (1984) .... Mrs. Moore
... aka David Lean's Film of a Passage to India (UK: complete title) - "Six Centuries of Verse" (3 episodes, 1984)
- Victorians 1837-1901 (1984) TV episode
- Young Romantics 1800-1824 (1984) TV episode
- Romantic Pioneers 1750-1805 (1984) TV episode - "The Jewel in the Crown" .... Barbie Batchelor (7 episodes, 1984)
- Travelling Companions (1984) TV episode .... Barbie Batchelor
- The Towers of Silence (1984) TV episode .... Barbie Batchelor
- The Day of the Scorpion (1984) TV episode .... Barbie Batchelor
- Daughters of the Regiment (1984) TV episode .... Barbie Batchelor
- Ordeal by Fire (1984) TV episode .... Barbie Batchelor
(2 more) - "BBC Play of the Month" .... The Rat Wife (2 episodes, 1971-1982)
- Little Eyolf (1982) TV episode .... The Rat Wife
- The Cherry Orchard (1971) TV episode - Cream in My Coffee (1980) (TV) .... Jean Wilsher
- "BBC2 Playhouse" .... Frau Messner (1 episode, 1980)
- Caught on a Train (1980) TV episode .... Frau Messner - "Edward & Mrs. Simpson" .... Queen Mary (5 episodes, 1978)
- The Abdication (1978) TV episode .... Queen Mary
- Proposals (1978) TV episode .... Queen Mary
- The Decision (1978) TV episode .... Queen Mary
- The New King (1978) TV episode .... Queen Mary
- Venus at the Prow (1978) TV episode .... Queen Mary - Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978) (TV) .... Lady Gee
- Joseph Andrews (1977) .... Lady Tattle
- Der Fußgänger (1973) .... Lady Gray
... aka The Pedestrian (USA) - "ITV Saturday Night Theatre" .... Sonya (1 episode, 1972)
... aka ITV Sunday Night Theatre (UK: new title)
- The Last Journey (1972) TV episode .... Sonya - Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) .... Mrs. Greville
- Three Into Two Won't Go (1969) .... Belle
- Secret Ceremony (1968) .... Hannah
- Tell Me Lies (1968)
- From Chekhov with Love (1968) (TV)
- "The Wednesday Play" .... The Mother (1 episode, 1967)
- Days in the Trees (1967) TV episode .... The Mother - "ITV Play of the Week" .... Mrs. Patrick Campbell (1 episode, 1966)
... aka Play of the Week (UK: short title)
- Dear Liar (1966) TV episode .... Mrs. Patrick Campbell - "Theatre 625" .... Rebecca (1 episode, 1965)
- Rosmersholm (1965) TV episode .... Rebecca - "War of the Roses" .... Queen Margaret (3 episodes, 1965)
- Richard III (1965) TV episode .... Queen Margaret
- Edward IV (1965) TV episode .... Queen Margaret
- Henry VI (1965) TV episode .... Queen Margaret - The Cherry Orchard (1962) (TV) .... Madame Ranevsky
- "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" .... Julia Rajk (1 episode, 1959)
- Shadow of Heroes (1959) TV episode .... Julia Rajk - The Nun's Story (1959) (as Dame Peggy Ashcroft) .... Mother Mathilde (Africa)
- Quiet Wedding (1941) .... Flower Lisle
- Channel Incident (1940) .... The Woman
- The Tempest (1939) (TV) .... Miranda
- Twelfth Night (1939) (TV) .... Viola
- A People Eternal (1939) .... Alloyah Quintino
- Rhodes of Africa (1936) .... Anna Carpenter
... aka Rhodes (USA) - The 39 Steps (1935) .... Margaret - Crofter's Wife
- The Wandering Jew (1933/I) .... Olalla Quintana
Self:
- Backstage at Masterpiece Theatre (1991) (TV) .... Herself
- "Omnibus" .... Herself (1 episode, 1988)
- Gwen: A Juliet Remembered (1988) TV episode .... Herself - "Playing Shakespeare" .... Herself (1 episode, 1984)
- Poetry and Hidden Poetry (1984) TV episode .... Herself - "Six Centuries of Verse" .... Herself - Reader (1 episode, 1984)
- Chaucer to Ted Hughes (1984) TV episode .... Herself - Reader - Laurence Olivier: A Life (1982) (TV) (as Dame Peggy Ashcroft) .... Herself
- Sunshine in Soho (1956) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
- Casting a Classic (2008) (V) .... Mrs. Moore
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"Cinema tres"
- Episode dated 19 June 1991 (1991) TV episode - The 57th Annual Academy Awards (1985) (TV) .... Mrs. Moore
Additional Details
Other Works:
(1932-1933) She acted in William Shakespeare's play, "As You Like It," in the Old Vic Theatre Season at the Old Vic Theatre and Sadler's Wells Theatre in London, England with William Fox, Malcolm Keen, Anthony Quayle, Alastair Sim, George Devine, Marius Goring, Roger Livesey, and Caroline Keith in the cast. Harcourt Williams was director.
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