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Sep 10, 2020 · As Emma Peel, she was the stylish new crime-fighting partner of the dapper intelligence agent John Steed (Patrick Macnee), replacing Honor Blackman, who had left to star in the James Bond film...
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.
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Rigg is most closely identified with Emma Peel, though she played the role decades ago for just a handful of years. The effortlessly cool spy became an international sex symbol and fashion icon, helped along by the wardrobe Rigg was dressed in — short skirts, mod prints, and an iconic leather catsuit. Peel was calm under pressure, always prepared, ...
Rigg left “The Avengers” in part to take a role in a James Bond film — “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969), in which she played Bond’s wife, Tracy Bond, opposite George Lazenby. Her other movies include “Julius Caesar” (1970), “The Great Muppet Caper” (1981), and “Breathe” 2017). In 1973, Rigg starred in the one-season U.S. sitcom “Diana,” pla...
“They always write about me that way ever since I made a bit of a ruckus about being paid less than the cameraman on The Avengers. I’m portrayed as this tough broad, but I’m not.” —from a 2014 interview with the Guardian
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 .
Sep 10, 2020 · Diana Rigg, who has died of cancer aged 82, burst on to Britain’s television screens to make a resounding impression as the kung fu-kicking Emma Peel in the 1960s telefantasy series The...
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Sep 10, 2020 · Diana Rigg, a British actress who became a 1960s style icon as secret agent Emma Peel in TV series "The Avengers" and later starred in "Game of Thrones," has died. She was 82.
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Sep 10, 2020 · Actress Dame Diana Rigg, famous for roles including Emma Peel in TV series The Avengers and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 82. Her daughter, actress Rachael...
