Ashcroft

[ ash-krawft, -kroft ]

/ ˈæʃ krɔft, -krɒft /

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Dame Peggy Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft, 1907–91, English actress.

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Ashcroft

/ (ˈæʃkrɒft) /

noun

Dame Peggy. 1907–91, English stage and film actress

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