ACTOR

Peggy Ashcroft

1907 - 1991

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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. Born to a comfortable middle-class family, 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 she was starring in the West End. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peggy Ashcroft has received more than 1,140,573 page views. Her biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Peggy Ashcroft is the 3,105th most popular actor (down from 3,074th in 2019), the 2,620th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,664th in 2019) and the 372nd most popular British Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Peggy Ashcrofts by language

Over the past year Peggy Ashcroft has had the most page views in the with 153,248 views, followed by Italian (5,019), and Spanish (4,705). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Armenian (894.74%), Galician (63.64%), and Irish (48.32%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Peggy Ashcroft ranks 3,105 out of 13,578. Before her are Angelo Beolco, Taika Waititi, Dominic West, Vija Artmane, Sanford Meisner, and Kit Harington. After her are Adam Driver, Maite Perroni, Barry Corbin, Erika Blanc, Anupam Kher, and Holger Meins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Peggy Ashcroft ranks 194. Before her are Fritz Szepan, Germaine Tillion, Polina Osipenko, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Jack Albertson, and Günter Eich. After her are Martti Miettunen, Kenneth Nichols, George Raynor, František Junek, James A. Michener, and Georges Speicher. Among people deceased in 1991, Peggy Ashcroft ranks 135. Before her are Roy Black, Luis Miró, Yusuf Idris, Viviane Romance, Colleen Dewhurst, and Vasco Pratolini. After her are Ed Heinemann, Guy Bourdin, Northrop Frye, Dean Jagger, Gene Clark, and Richard Speck.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Peggy Ashcroft ranks 2,620 out of 8,785. Before her are Dominic West (1969), Thomas Arnold (1795), C. P. Snow (1905), Bill Ivy (1942), Quentin Blake (1932), and Kit Harington (1986). After her are Billy Meredith (1874), William Robertson Smith (1846), Steve Perryman (1951), Patrick Manson (1844), Thomas Telford (1757), and John Turner (1929).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Peggy Ashcroft ranks 372. Before her are Bob Anderson (1922), Flora Robson (1902), Vanessa Kirby (1988), Ronald Pickup (1940), Dominic West (1969), and Kit Harington (1986). After her are Cedric Hardwicke (1893), Richard Armitage (1971), Kelly Reilly (1977), Lesley-Anne Down (1954), Dave Legeno (1963), and John Neville (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

When the Wind Blows
Hilda Bloggs (voice)
With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
Oct 24o 19867.342 / 10
The 39 Steps
The Crofter's Wife Margaret
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Jun 6o 19357.376 / 10
A Passage to India
Mrs. Moore
Set during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj, the story begins with the arrival in India of a British woman, Miss Adela Quested, who is joining her fiancé, a city magistrate named Ronny Heaslop. She and Ronny's mother, Mrs. Moore, befriend an Indian doctor, Aziz H. Ahmed.
Dec 14o 19846.8 / 10