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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. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition.
Jun 14, 1991 · Peggy Ashcroft was a leading light of London's West End and widely considered one of the century's greatest British stage actresses. Her most famous early role was as Desdemona opposite Paul Robeson's Othello in the early 1940s and her first film was the British Gaumont production "The Wandering Jew" (1933). She was especially memorable as the ...
Peggy Ashcroft is a female English actor, who had appeared over 37 roles. She made her film debut in The Wandering Jew in 1933. She was best known for his roles in The 39 Steps, A Passage to India, When the Wind Blows & The Nun's Story.
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...
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From her professional debut in 1926 until her last performance in 1982, Peggy Ashcroft was one of the most distinguished actresses of the British stage. Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft was born on Dec. 22, 1907, in Croydon, London, England.
Jun 14, 2024 · 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 ...
Dominant star of the British stage for over 50 years, Dame Peggy Ashcroft made no more than 15 films, but some are very memorable. On stage from 1926, she first filmed in 1933 in The Wandering Jew (d. Maurice Elvey), was obliquely sexy and touching as the crofter's wife in The 39 Steps (d. Alfred Hitchcock, 1935), and delectably funny as the ...
