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Peggy Ashcroft
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British actress (1907-1991)
Peggy Ashcroft was a British actress who had a long career spanning most of the twentieth century, from 1907 until her death in 1991. She is remembered as an important figure in British theatre and film, known for her distinguished performances across both mediums during a pivotal era of entertainment history.
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1907-12-22 ) 22 December 1907, Croydon , Surrey , England
- Died
- 14 June 1991 (1991-06-14) (aged 83), Hampstead , London , England
- Alma mater
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 1929–1991
- Spouses
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- Relatives
- Emily Loizeau (granddaughter)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Emily
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Surrey
- Place of death
- London
- Spouse
- Theodore Komisarjevsky
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Field of work
- acting
- Image
- Peggy Ashcroft 1962c (crop-zoom).jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- date of birth
- 1907-01-01
- date of death
- 1991-01-01
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Peggy Ashcroft
- nominated for
- British Academy Television Award for Best Actress
- name in native language
- Peggy Ashcroft
- birth name
- Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft
- end of work period
- 1989-00-00
- unmarried partner
- J. B. Priestley
- start of work period
- 1926-00-00
- place of burial
- Westminster Abbey
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" Ashcroft DBE (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991) was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades, both on screen and stage.
Born to a middle-class family in Croydon, Surrey, Ashcroft was determined from an early age to become an actress, despite parental opposition. She was working in smaller theatres even before graduating from drama school, and within two years she was starring in the West End. Ashcroft maintained her leading place in British theatre for the next 50 years. Always attracted by the ideals of permanent theatrical ensembles, she did much of her work for the Old Vic in the early 1930s, John Gielgud's companies in the 1930s and 1940s, the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and its successor the Royal Shakespeare Company from the 1950s, and the National Theatre from the 1970s.
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