Still of Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Donat and John Laurie in The 39 Steps (1935)

Still of Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Donat and John Laurie in The 39 Steps (1935)


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Caption: Still of Peggy Ashcroft, Robert Donat and John Laurie in The 39 Steps (1935)

About Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft

Actress
Born: December 22, 1907
Star sign: Capricorn
Height: 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
Known for: The 39 Steps (1935), A Passage to India (1984), When the Wind Blows (1986), The Nun's Story (1959)
Source: IMDB

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 ...


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