Diana Rigg

Also known as Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg, Diana Elizabeth Rigg, Dame Diana Rigg

English actress (1938–2020)

AI overview

Diana Rigg was an acclaimed English actress who lived from 1938 to 2020 and became widely known for her iconic television and film roles. She is remembered as one of the most talented performers of her generation, with a career that spanned decades and earned her numerous accolades and a lasting cultural legacy.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 8

Top works

Archaeological reconnaissance of the shoreline of Lower Granite Dam Reservoir, Washington and Idaho
No turn unstoned
No turn unstoned
No turn unstoned
The misanthrope

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Female
Origin: United Kingdom
Active from: 1938-07-20
Active to: 2020-09-10

Discography

Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 1,721
Total plays: 6,193

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,801x
Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,231x
A safe operating space for humanity
· 2009 · cited 9,700x
Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 8,004x
DrugBank 5.0: a major update to the DrugBank database for 2018
· 2017 · cited 7,555x

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Quotes

“Becoming a sex symbol overnight [in The Avengers] shocked me. I didn’t know how to handle it and I kept all the unopened fan mail in the boot of my car because I didn't know how to respond and thought it was rude to throw it away.”
“That was my first battle with male authority. I discovered after a while in The Avengers that I was earning less than the cameraman. I made a bit of a song and dance about it and demanded more. I was ahead of the game, in that respect, because nobody backed me up. There was no sisterhood. In those days, you were on your own.”
“Obviously, it's great that has happened, and great it was a young audience — terrific [...] That's the nature of my profession. The young, I don't expect them to know about my past, but if, through Game of Thrones, they discover me, that's good.”

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Encyclopedic overview

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (20 July 1938 – 10 September 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series The Avengers (1965–1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969); Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–2017); and the title role in Medea in the West End in 1993 followed by Broadway a year later.

Rigg made her professional stage debut in 1957 in The Caucasian Chalk Circle and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959. She made her Broadway debut in Abelard & Heloise in 1971. Her role as Emma Peel in The Avengers made her a sex symbol. For her role in Medea, both in London and New York, she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and became a four-time Laurence Olivier Award nominee. She was appointed CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama.

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