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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › Peggy-AshcroftPeggy Ashcroft | Biography, Movies, & Facts | Britannica

    Jun 17, 2024 · 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. She also won an Oscar for her performance in the film A Passage to India (1984).

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  3. www.bbc.com › news › articlesCroydon: Dame Peggy Ashcroft remembered with blue plaque - BBC

    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...

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  4. londonnewsonline.co.uk › news › dame-peggy-ashcroftDame Peggy Ashcroft ‘would have been so moved’ by blue plaque ...

    5 days ago · Peggy Ashcroft’s family visiting the new plaque at the actress’s childhood home (Picture: English Heritage) The new plaque is part of English Heritage’s ‘Plaques for Women’ campaign. The campaign seeks to increase the number of official blue plaques across London that commemorate notable women, which currently account for only 15 per cent of more than one thousand blue plaques across the city.

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  6. exploring-london.com › 2024/06/27 › this-week-inThis Week in London – Celebrating Tower Bridge’s 130th; Dame ...

    2 days ago · • Actor Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Dublin-born novelist Iris Murdoch have been honoured with English Heritage Blue Plaques. A leading figure in 20th century theatre, Dame Peggy has been remembered with a plaque on her childhood home in South Croydon.

  7. www.english-heritage.org.uk › about-us › search-newsDame Peggy Ashcroft commemorated with a blue plaque

    Jun 13, 2024 · English Heritage has commemorated the leading stage actress of the 20th century, Dame Peggy Ashcroft, with a blue plaque. Marking Peggy Ashcroft's childhood home in South Croydon, the plaque will celebrate not only her birthplace but also her connection with the London borough.

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  9. www.onthisday.net › death › 57276Peggy Ashcroft: British...

    Jun 14, 2024 · (14 June 1991 - deaths) Peggy Ashcroft: British actress (A passage to India), dies at 83

  10. insidecroydon.com › 2024/06/13 › ashcroft-blueAshcroft blue plaque revealed at her South Croydon birthplace

    Jun 13, 2024 · Some 33 years after her death, English Heritage has today unveiled a blue plaque for Peggy Ashcroft, probably the most famous actress to have come from Croydon. The unveiling of Dame Peggy's plaque, at her childhood home, 1A Tirlemont Road in South Croydon - a suburban street that leads to Haling Grove - was conducted….