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Ashcroft, Peggy (1907–1991)

English actor. Her Shakespearean roles included Desdemona in Othello (1930) (with Paul Robeson) and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (1935) (with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud), and she appeared in the British TV play Caught on a Train (1980; BAFTA award), the series The Jewel in the Crown (1984), and the film A Passage to India (1984).
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Sumptuously filmed in the epic Lean style, with a glittering cast including Peggy Ashcroft, James Jox, Judy Davis and Victor Bannerjee.
A Passage to India (CH5, 2.10pm, Sat) by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
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All four Best TV Actress nominations at that year's BAFTAs went to stars of the series, with Dame Peggy Ashcroft, who also starred in A Passage To India, winning.
TV TIMES PAST; The Jewel in The Crown by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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