Ashcroft, Dame Peggy

Japanese: アシュクロフト(英語表記)Ashcroft, Dame Peggy
Ashcroft, Dame Peggy
Born: 22 December 1907, Croydon
[Died] June 14, 1991. London British actress. She was active in a wide range of fields, from Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Ibsen to modern plays at the Old Vic Theatre, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and others. She was made a Dame in 1956. In 1962, the Ashcroft Theatre was established in her birthplace. In 1984, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film A Passage to India.

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Japanese:
[生]1907.12.22. クロイドン
[没]1991.6.14. ロンドン
イギリスの女優。オールド・ビック劇場,ロイヤル・シェークスピア劇団その他で,シェークスピア,チェーホフ,イプセンから現代劇にいたる幅広い分野で活躍。 1956年デイムの称号を受ける。 62年には生地にアシュクロフト劇場が設立された。 84年映画『インドへの道』でアカデミー助演女優賞受賞。

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