Peggy Ashcroft

Peggy Ashcroft is a British actress born in 1907, deceased the May 14th 1991. She carries out her beginnings with the cinema in the 39 Steps of Alfred Hitchcock by incarnating the farm one which helps Richard to flee.

Preferring to remain with the the United Kingdom that to leave to Hollywood, it is devoted mainly to the theater. It is at the end of the Sixties that it turns more: after secret Ceremony of Joseph Losey in 1968, one sees it in One Sunday like the others of John Schlesinger in 1971, the Road of the Indies of David Lean in 1985 (which is worth a Oscar to him) and Mrs Souzatska of John Schlesinger in 1988.

Its grand-daughter is the French singer Emily Loizeau.

Catalog of films

1933 : The Wandering Jew : Olalla Quintana
1935 : the 39 steps ( The 39 Steps ): Margaret Crofter
1936 : Rhodos off Africa : Anna Carpenter
1939: has People Eternal : Alloyah Quintino
1939 : Twelfth Night (TV): Violated
1939: The Tempest (TV): Miranda
1940 : Chanel Incident : The Woman
1941 : Calm Wedding : Flower Lisle
1959 : With the risk to lose ( The Nun' S Story ): Mother Mathilde (Africa)
1965: War off the Pink (serial TV): Margaret (Queen to Henry VI)
1968: From Chekhov with Coils (TV)
1968: Such Me Dregs
1968: secret Ceremony ( Secret Ceremony ): Hannah
1969: Hitch-hiking girl ( Three Into Two Won' T Go ): Beautiful
1971: One Sunday like the others ( Sunday Bloody Sunday ): Mrs. Greville
1973 : Der Fußgänger : Lady Gray
1977: Joseph Andrews : Lady Tattle
1978: Hullabaloo Over Georgia and Bonnie' S Pictures (TV): Lady Gee
1978: Edward & Mrs. Simpson (serial TV): Queen Mary
1980: Cream in My Coffee (TV): Jean Wilsher
1984: The Jewel in the Crown (serial TV): Barbie Batchelor
1984: the Road of the Indies ( has Passage to India ): Mrs. Moore
1986 : Murder by the Book (TV): Agatha Christie
1986 : When the Wind Blows : Hilda Bloggs (voice)
1987: has Perfect Spy (serial TV): Miss Dubber
1988: Mrs Sousatzka : Lady Emily
1989: She' S Been Away (TV): Lillian Huckle
1989 : The Heat off the Day (TV): Nettie
1989 : The Wars off the Pink (series TV): Margaret

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