PEGGY ASHCROFT

Peggy Ashcroft

ACTING

​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..