Peggy Ashcroft
Birthday: 1907-12-22
Place of Birth: Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
Biography: Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, DBE, (22 December 1907 - 14 June 1991) known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than sixty years. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition.
Movies
The 39 Steps
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in...
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When the Wind Blows
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare ...
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Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-f...
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The Nun's Story
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to h...
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The Pedestrian
When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging i...
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A Passage to India
Cultural mistrust and false accusations doom a friendship in British colonial India between an India...
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artis...
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Secret Ceremony
A penniless woman meets a strange girl who insists she is her long-lost mother and becomes enmeshed ...
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The Cherry Orchard
Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estat...
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Caught on a Train
British playwright Stephen Poliakoff's comical teleplay investigates Europe's changing social landsc...
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Madame Sousatzka
In London, eccentric piano instructor Madame Sousatzka takes on a new prize protégé, Manek, a teenag...
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Joseph Andrews
Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye...
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3 Into 2 Won't Go
Steve Howard, a British sales executive living in Manchester, England, begins an affair with a young...
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Quiet Wedding
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day....
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Britain Welcomes the President of India
An account of the state visit to Britain by the President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, in...
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The Wars of the Roses
A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3...
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson
While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis...
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Little Eyolf
Alfred Allmers has spent his whole life writing a book on "responsibility," a luxury he can afford a...
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Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
This lighthearted romp through Royal India presents a world of Maharajas, palaces, imperiled art obj...
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She's Been Away
A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s i...
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Cream in My Coffee
Past and present intertwine: An elderly couple returns to the hotel where they became close when the...
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Rhodes of Africa
Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was direc...
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Tell Me Lies
Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’...
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Channel Incident
During the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk in 1940, a young woman takes her motorboat to j...
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The Wandering Jew
Old Jerusalem: Matathias, spiteful over his lover's illness, spits on Jesus along the road to Calvar...
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October Revolution
French director Frederic Rossif presents this historical documentary that coincided with the 50th an...
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The Heat of the Day
In World War II England, a woman is approached by a man claiming to work as an intelligence agent wh...
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We Serve
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman ...
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Terminus
This fly on the wall-style documentary from 1961 won an Oscar for best documentary, and shows the ch...
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The Wind and the Bomb
The making-of When the Wind Blows, featuring interviews with producer John Coates, director Jimmy T....
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Laurence Olivier: a life
A multi-award winning biography covering the life and career of legendary screen and stage actor/dir...
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From Chekhov with Love
Based on Anton Chekhov's short story, "About Love". Starring John Gielgud as Chekhov....
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