Diana Quick

Diana Quick, 2011

Diana Quick (born November 23, 1946 in London ) is a British actress .

Life

Diana Quick grew up in Dartford , Kent, the third of four children of a dentist, where she also attended girls' school. She then went to Lady Margaret Hall , Oxford, and finally studied at Oxford University , where she became the first woman president of the Oxford University Dramatic Society . Even while she was still in school, she tried her hand at acting and was at times celebrated as one of the most beautiful young actresses in Great Britain. She gained fame in 1981 with her role as Lady Julia Flyte in the successful British television multi-parter Reunion with Brideshead .

Private

Diana Quick was married to Kenneth Cranham for the first time . In 1981 she met Bill Nighy at the Royal National Theater in London , with whom she was dating until 2008. They have a daughter, the actress Mary Nighy (* 1984).

Filmography

Movie

• Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
• The Duellists (1977)
• The Three Hostages (1977)
• The Odd Job (1978)
• The Big Sleep (1978)
• Ordeal by Innocence (1984)
• Doll Murder (1989)
• Whispers of Grass (2000)
• The Affair of the Necklace (2001)
• The Discovery of Heaven (2001)
• Revengers Tragedy (2002)

watch TV

• A Christmas Carol (1971)
• Brideshead Reunion (1981)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1983)
• Minder: An Officer and a Car Salesman (1988)
• Dalziel and Pascoe ("For Love Nor Money") (2002)
• Inspector Morse ("Absolute Conviction")
• Agatha Christie's Poirot ("Sad Cypress") (2003)
• Doctor Who : Scream of the Shalka (2003)
• Protectors: To Life and Death (Season 1) (2009)
• The Missing (Season 1) (2014)
• Inspector Barnaby (2016)

Web links

• Diana Quick in the Internet Movie Database (English)