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Peggy Ashcroft, 1962. Dame Edith Margaret Emily „Peggy“ Ashcroft DBE (* 22. Dezember 1907 in Croydon, London; † 14. Juni 1991 in London) war eine britische Schauspielerin
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).
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.
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).
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 ...
