Diana Rigg

Actress in theater, film, and television. Performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre. Tony Award for Medea. Holds appointments at both Stirling University in Scotland and Oxford University. Works for public support of the arts in the U.K. Best known for role as Mrs. Peel in the television series, The Avengers. Hosts the Mystery series on public television. Author, No Turn Unstoned - a history of theater and its critics and So To The Land, an anthology of poetry about the English countryside.