About Margaret Ashcroft
Lived 1931 – 2016 (aged 85). Margaret Ashcroft was a British actor and television actress.
Margaret Ashcroft (16 February 1931 – 25 October 2016) was a British television actress, who trained at the Old Vic Theatre School. She played the role of Margaret Castleton in the ITV series The Main Chance between 1969 and 1975 and the role of Gwen Riley in The Brothers between 1974 and 1976.
In 1953, Ashcroft married British actor Morris Perry and they remained married until her death in 2016.
Selected television appearances The Brothers Van der Valk Doomwatch The Main Chance McCallum Armchair Theatre
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Who was Margaret Ashcroft?
British television actress (1931-2016)
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Margaret Ashcroft was born on 16 February 1931 in Chelsea.
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Margaret Ashcroft died on 25 October 2016 in Homerton.
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Margaret Ashcroft was an actor and television actress.
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