Peggy Ashcroft



Dame Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft (22 December 1907 – 14 June 1991) known professionally as Peggy Ashcroft, was an English actress whose career spanned more than 60 years.

Quotes

 * I think I'm going to be overexposed after total anonymity.
 * Peggy joked in an interview in 1984.
 * I never thought I was subject matter for an Oscar. How wonderful to be given it, I’ve been killed with kindness.
 * Peggy while receiving oscar award in 1985.

Quotes about Peggy Ashcroft

 * It was as if all the lights had suddenly gone up. It is true even in her own living room.
 * Alec Guinness describe how the actress enter a room in 1985.
 * a quite wonderful woman and actress, which were indivisible in her case.
 * Actress Diana Rigg remembered her in 1991 after demise.
 * While we watch her, we view the world through the eyes of a great person.
 * Director Trevor Nunn while presenting her an award in 1991.