Peggy Ashcroft

Achieved fame with her performance of Desdemona to Paul Robeson's Othello, and went on to become one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors, often playing opposite Sir John Gielgud.

After beginning a limited film career with 1933's The Wandering Jew, most visible motion-picture role was in the Alfred Hitchcock classic The 39 Steps (1935); later w

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Madame Sousatzka 1988 -Lady Emily

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Jewel in the Crown -Barbie Batchelor

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The Nun's Story 1999 -Mother Mathilde

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She's Been Away 1991 -Lillian Huckle

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When the Wind Blows 1988 -Hilda Bloggs

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A Passage to India 1984 -Mrs. Moore

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Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures 1978 -Lady Gwyneth

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Sunday Bloody Sunday 1971 -Mrs. Greville

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Secret Ceremony 1968 -Hannah

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Tell Me Lies 1968

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The 39 Steps 1935 -Margaret

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The Cherry Orchard

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The Heat of the Day

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The Jewel in the Crown

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The Wandering Jew -Olalia Quintana

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The Wandering Jew -Olalla Quintana [Phase IV]

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Three Into Two Won't Go -Belle

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A Perfect Spy -Miss Dubber

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Caught on a Train -Frau Messner

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Cream in My Coffee -Older June

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Der Fussgänger -Lady Gray

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Murder by the Book

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Quiet Wedding -Flower Lisle

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Rhodes -Ann Carpenter

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Joseph Andrews -Lady Tattle

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Little Eyolf -The Rat Wife

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Highlights

Made West End theatrical debut in 1927.

Achieved fame with her performance of Desdemona to Paul Robeson's Othello, and went on to become one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors, often playing opposite Sir John Gielgud.

After beginning a limited film career with 1933's The Wandering Jew, most visible motion-picture role was in the Alfred Hitchcock classic The 39 Steps (1935); later w

Became a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1956, and became the only living British actor to have a playhouse, the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon, England, named in her honor.