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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. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition.
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).
22 hours ago · Leading actress Dame Peggy Ashcroft has been remembered with a blue plaque at her childhood home in south Croydon. Ashcroft, who died in 1991 aged 83, became the oldest person to win an Oscar for ...
Peggy Ashcroft, English stage actress who appeared in both classic and modern plays. She had notable roles in the plays As You Like It, Romeo and Juliet, High Tor, The Seagull, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Duchess of Malfi.
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.
One of the finest English-speaking actresses of the 20th century, Dame Peggy Ashcroft was born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft on December 22, 1907, into a solid middle-class family in the London suburb of Croydon. Her father, a real estate agent, was killed in the First World War.
Jun 1, 2023 · Oscar Profile #650: Peggy Ashcroft. Born December 22, 1907 in Surrey, England, Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was a titan of the British stage, who only occasionally appeared in films, but when she did, she was as amazing and unforgettable as she was in her lauded stage roles.
Jun 14, 1991 · 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.
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.
Oct 29, 2010 · Peggy Ashcroft winning the Oscar® for her performance in "A Passage to India" at the 57th Academy Awards® in 1985 -- Presented by Ryan O'Neal and accepted by Angela Lansbury.
