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  1. Peggy Ashcroft. Actress: A Passage to India. Academy Award-winning, legendary English actress - who maintained her status in the British acting elite for decades. Made a Dame of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1956. Almost always on stage, she appeared rarely in film, her first being The Wandering Jew (1933).

  2. Jun 15, 1991 · Dame Peggy Ashcroft, an actress who was in the forefront of British theater for more than half a century, died yesterday in London. She was 83 years old. She suffered a stroke on May 23 and was...

  3. Ashcroft, Peggy (1907–1991)One of the finest English actresses of her day, who won every major award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the film A Passage to India. Born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft in the London suburb of Croydon, Surrey, England, on December 22, 1907; died in England on June 14, 1991; daughter of William Worsley ...

  4. Jun 15, 1991 · LONDON —. Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Britain’s most renowned stage actress whose later film and television performances made her a beloved international star, died Friday, three weeks after ...

  5. 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 60 years.

  6. Jun 9, 2015 · Watch a clip of Ashcroft as Margaret of Anjou in The Wars of the Roses – video. There is little doubt, however, that her finest hour came in 1963, when she played Queen Margaret in Peter Hall ...

  7. Jun 15, 1991 · Dame Peggy Ashcroft, 83, who reigned for years as Britain's greatest stage actress and then reached international audiences with celebrated performances on film and television, died yesterday at ...

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