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Emma Peel is a fictional character played by Diana Rigg in the British 1960s adventure television series The Avengers, and by Uma Thurman in the 1998 film version. She was born Emma Knight, the daughter of an industrialist, Sir John Knight. She is the crime-fighting partner of John Steed.
Steed is a secret agent working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence. He was teamed with a variety of partners, including Dr. David Keel (1961), Dr. Martin King (1962), Venus Smith (1962–1963), Cathy Gale (1962–1964), Emma Peel (1965–1968), Tara King (1968–1969), Lady Diana Forbes-Blakeney (1969), Purdey, and Mike Gambit (both 1976–1977).
The Avengers: Created by Sydney Newman. With Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson. A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Daniel Patrick Macnee (6 February 1922 – 25 June 2015) was a British-American actor, best known for his breakthrough role as secret agent John Steed in the television series The Avengers (1961–1969).
From 1961 to 1969 John Steed had six different partners, two male and four female partners. Four of them worked with him for a longer period: Dr. Keel, Dr. Catherine Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Only one of them was a professional agent like Steed.
Major The Hon. John Wickham Gascoyne Beresford Steed MC, OM is usually known as John Steed, is a secret agent working for an unnamed branch of British intelligence. He was teamed with a variety of partners, including Dr. David Keel, Venus Smith, Dr Martin King, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel, Tara King...
Emma Peel (neé Knight), was the daughter of an industrialist, Sir John Knight, and was an Super-Spy who worked alongside John Steed from 1965 to 1967 until her husband Peter Peel surprisingly reappeared.
