Eclectic British stage actress Diana Quick was trained at Oxford University and has included both the classics and musical theatre in her repertoire over the years, ranging from "Troilus and Cressida" to "The Threepenny Opera". Though not a potent name in America, she has occasionally graced films and TV. Specializing in aristocratic roles, she stood out among a highly formidable cast in the classic epic mini-series _"Brideshead Revisited" , and they have one daughter.
Was the first female president of the Oxford University Drama Society.
Mother of actress Mary Nighy , with Bill Nighy.
Attended Oxford with Michael Palin , of "Monty Python" fame.
That was the fun of acting, being a blank canvas you could transform into the character - Indian princess, 20s vamp, Mother Courage, Oxford don, 94-year-old wife. .
