Acting
Peggy Ashcroft
Also Known As: Dame Peggy Ashcroft, Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, Edith Margaret Emily «Peggy» Ashcroft
Birth Date
December 22, 1907
Death Date
June 14, 1991
(passed away at 83)
Place of Birth
Croydon, Surrey, England, UK
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Biography
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.
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