Peggy Ashcroft

Birthday: 22 December 1907, Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Birth Name: Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

Height: 164 cm

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). On stage she was cast in many a Shakespearean role, but in film she usually played sympathetic characters. She won an Oscar for A Passage to India (1984), and her last TV film was Screen One: She's Been Away (1989). She died from a stroke. Show less «

I do think I'm very, very fortunate that just at the age when playing a stage role night after night...Show more »

I do think I'm very, very fortunate that just at the age when playing a stage role night after night is becoming difficult, I've had these opportunities to play in film and TV. You still have to have a lot of concentration. Acting is the same whatever you're doing, but that long sustaining of energy is not demanded of you. Show less «

[on Trevor Howard] One of the most remarkable actors of our century. His great films are classics. H...Show more »

[on Trevor Howard] One of the most remarkable actors of our century. His great films are classics. He was also one of the most popular actors in the business because he was so straight down the line. He always said what he felt. Show less «

They told me if I wanted to be a film star, I'd have to have my nose straightened and my teeth fixed...Show more »

They told me if I wanted to be a film star, I'd have to have my nose straightened and my teeth fixed, but I've never really wanted to be a film star - it seems to lead only to tax problems. Show less «

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