Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Dec 22, 1907 (117 years old)
Death date
Jun 14, 1991
Peggy Ashcroft
Known For
1h 24m
Movie
1986
When the Wind Blows
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple...
25min
Movie
1986
The Wind and the Bomb
The making-of When the Wind Blows, featuring interviews with producer...
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.