Person Open DS/UK/3759 Ashcroft; Dame; Peggy (22 December 1907-14 June 1991); DBE; English actress Ashcroft Peggy Dame 22 December 1907-14 June 1991 English actress Female (cisgender) Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft Croydon, Surrey, England (born)

English Actor White No known disability No known religious affiliation Daughter of Violetta Maud Bernheim and William Worsley Ashcroft (land agent) Former spouse of Rupert Hart-Davis, Theodore Komisarjevsky and Jeremy Hutchinson Heterosexual Dame Peggy Ashcroft was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years. 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 thereafter 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 Royal Shakespeare Company from the 1950s and the National Theatre from the 1970s. While well regarded in Shakespeare, Ashcroft was also known for her commitment to modern drama, appearing in plays by Bertolt Brecht, Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter. Her career was almost wholly spent in the live theatre until the 1980s, when she turned to television and cinema with considerable success, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and several British and European awards. Awards, Honours and Legacy: Ashcroft's British state honours were Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1951 and Dame Commander of the Order (DBE) in 1956. Her foreign state honours were the King's Gold Medal, Norway (1955), and the Order of St Olav, Norway (Commander, 1976). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Ashcroft (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 1/10/2013 RAHAKirkbride 11/7/2022 3173bb8b-1100-4b75-b45a-229465e4359c