Diana Rigg
Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (20 July 1938 – 10 September 2020)[1] was an English actress, known professionally as Diana Rigg. Rigg played Emma Peel in the television thriller The Avengers (1965–68). She played Helena in a Midsummer Night's Dream and Arlene Marshall in Evil under the Sun. She also performed on stage.
Rigg was born in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Rigg was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1988. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1994.
In 1990, she won a BAFTA Award. In 1994, Rigg won a Tony Award. In 1997, she won an Emmy Award.
In March 2020, Rigg was diagnosed with lung cancer.[2] She died on 10 September 2020 in London from the disease, aged 82.[3]
Diana Rigg Media
Rigg with George Lazenby as James Bond while filming On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969).
Actress Diana Rigg signing an autograph at the Entertainment Media Show, London, 1 October 2011
.jpg)
References
- ↑ Diana Rigg BioFilm Reference. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ↑ Percival, Ash. Dame Diana Rigg Dies, Aged 82. HuffPost (10 September 2020). Retrieved 10 September 2020.
- ↑ Dame Diana Rigg: Avengers, Bond and Game of Thrones actress dies at 82 (10 September 2020)BBC News. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
Other websites
- Diana Rigg on IMDb
This short article about an actor or group of actors can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.