Diana Rigg Born: Jul 20, 1938 in Doncaster, England Occupation: Actor Active: '60s, '80s-'90s Major Genres: Spy Film, Adventure Career Highlights: The Hospital, King Lear, On Her Majesty's Secret Service First Major Screen Credit: Avengers: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Station (1965)
| Filmography | | ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE 1969 | | GREAT MUPPET CAPER, THE 1981 | | JULIUS CAESAR 1970 | | THEATRE OF BLOOD 1973 | | GOOD MAN IN AFRICA, A 1994 | | WORST WITCH, THE 1986 | | AVENGERS '67, THE 1967 | | AVENGERS '65, THE 1965 | | AVENGERS '66, THE 1966 | | AVENGERS '64, THE 1964 | | REBECCA 1997 | | LAST KING: THE POWER AND PASSION OF CHARLES II, THE 2004 | | PAINTED VEIL, THE 2006 | | AVENGERS: THE COMPLETE EMMA PEEL MEGASET, THE 2006 |
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Look up statuesque in the dictionary and you just might find a picture of British actress Diana Rigg. Born in a Yorkshire industrial town, Rigg was two years old when her father, a railroad constructionist, moved the family to India. Six years later, she was back in Yorkshire, suffering through the discipline and rigors of private school until one of her teachers introduced her to the world of the theatre. After graduation, Rigg was accepted by the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; she went on to the Royal Shakespeare Company, where her deeply distinctive voice, auburn red hair, and towering height (5'8) assured her such dynamic roles as Viola in {-Twelfth Night} and Cordelia in {-King Lear}. Though never lacking in prestige, the Royal Shakespeare paid starvation wages, compelling Rigg to moonlight in the more lucrative world of movies and TV. In 1965, she was selected to replace Honor Blackman on the popular tongue-in-cheek TV-adventure series The Avengers, and for the next two years captivated little boys of all ages with her energetic portrayal of coolheaded, leather-clad karate expert Mrs. Emma Peel. Film stardom followed in short order with plum roles in The Assassination Bureau (1968) and the James Bond flick On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969). Though she was always welcome in films and television (she headlined a brief American sitcom, Diana, in 1973), Rigg preferred to think of herself as a theatre animal, and continued to star in the classics on stage, still frequently accepting a miniscule salary in order to satisfy her muse. In the last decade, Rigg published the hilarious book {-No Turn Unstoned}, in which she gathered together the worst reviews ever received by the world's best actors (including her own bad notices); in the early 1990s, she replaced Vincent Price as the host of PBS' Mystery anthology. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.
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