Chloe Ashcroft
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Chloe Ashcroft | |
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 Ashcroft in 2004 | |
| Born | 7 July 1942 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress and former children's TV presenter |
| Spouse | David Hargreaves |
Chloe Ashcroft (born 7 July 1942) is a British actress and a former presenter of several BBC children's TV programmes, including Play School,[1][2] Play Away, Hokey-Cokey, Excuse Me,[3] All Change,[4] and Pie in the Sky. She also appeared in the Doctor Who story Resurrection of the Daleks (1984), playing Professor Laird.[5]
Before her television career, she appeared in several stage plays in the 1960s, and returned to the stage in the 1980s.[6][7][8] Outside of acting, she has worked as a teacher. She now lives in Whiteshill and Ruscombe in Gloucestershire with her husband, the actor David Hargreaves, with whom she has two children.[9]
