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Diana Rigg

Dame Diana Rigg (born July 20, 1938) is a British actress.

She is particularly known for her role in the British 1960s television series The Avengers, where she played the sexy secret agent Emma Peel. Her career in film, television and the theatre has been wide-ranging, including roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1959 and 1964. Her professional debut was in The Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1955.

After leaving The Avengers she returned to the stage, including playing two Stoppard leads, Ruth Carson in Night and Day and Dorothy Moore in Jumpers. A nude scene with Keith Michell in Abelard and Heloise led to a notorious description of her as 'built like a brick basilica with too few flying buttresses'. In 1986, she took a leading role in the West End production of Stephen Sondheim's musical, Follies.

On the big screen, she became a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) playing Tracy Bond. Her character, to date, is the only girl to officially marry James Bond. Her other films include The Assassination Bureau (1969), Theatre of Blood (1973), and A Little Night Music (1977).

In the 1990s she had triumphs with roles at the Almeida Theatre in Islington (north London), including Medea in 1993, Mother Courage in 1995, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1996. On television, she has appeared as Mrs Danvers in Rebecca and as the amateur detective Mrs Bradley in a series of mysteries.

Rigg was created CBE in 1987 and knighted in 1994. Dame Diana was born in Doncaster in Yorkshire and lived in India between the ages of two and eight. She was married to Menahem Gueffen, an Israeli painter, from 1973-76, and to Archibald Stirling (a.k.a. Archibald Hugh Stirling of Keir), a theatrical producer, former officer in the Scots Guards, and a member of one of Scotland's grandest families, from 1982-90. By Stirling she has a daughter, Rachael Atlanta Stirling (born 1977), who is also now an actress.

Since 1989 she has hosted the PBS television series Mystery!, taking over from Vincent Price.


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Since 1989 she has hosted the PBS television series Mystery!, taking over from Vincent Price. She married the film director Roman Polanski in 1989 with whom she has two children. By Stirling she has a daughter, Rachael Atlanta Stirling (born 1977), who is also now an actress. She managed to achieve international status as a professional model. She was married to Menahem Gueffen, an Israeli painter, from 1973-76, and to Archibald Stirling (a.k.a. Archibald Hugh Stirling of Keir), a theatrical producer, former officer in the Scots Guards, and a member of one of Scotland's grandest families, from 1982-90. She was raised at a convent school, and began to work as a model at the age of fourteen, capitalizing on her beauty. Dame Diana was born in Doncaster in Yorkshire and lived in India between the ages of two and eight. She is the granddaughter of Louis Seigner and sister of Mathilde Seigner.

Rigg was created CBE in 1987 and knighted in 1994. Emmanuelle Seigner (born June 22, 1966) is a French actress, born in Paris, France. On television, she has appeared as Mrs Danvers in Rebecca and as the amateur detective Mrs Bradley in a series of mysteries. L'Année des méduses (1984). In the 1990s she had triumphs with roles at the Almeida Theatre in Islington (north London), including Medea in 1993, Mother Courage in 1995, and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1996. Détective (1985). Her other films include The Assassination Bureau (1969), Theatre of Blood (1973), and A Little Night Music (1977). Cours privé (1986).

Her character, to date, is the only girl to officially marry James Bond. Frantic (1988). On the big screen, she became a Bond girl in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) playing Tracy Bond. Il Male oscuro (1990). In 1986, she took a leading role in the West End production of Stephen Sondheim's musical, Follies. Bitter Moon (1992). A nude scene with Keith Michell in Abelard and Heloise led to a notorious description of her as 'built like a brick basilica with too few flying buttresses'. Le Sourire (1994).

After leaving The Avengers she returned to the stage, including playing two Stoppard leads, Ruth Carson in Night and Day and Dorothy Moore in Jumpers. Pourvu que ça dure (1996). Her professional debut was in The Caucasian Chalk Circle in 1955. Nirvana (1997). Her career in film, television and the theatre has been wide-ranging, including roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company between 1959 and 1964. La Divine poursuite (1997). She is particularly known for her role in the British 1960s television series The Avengers, where she played the sexy secret agent Emma Peel. R.P.M. (1997).

Dame Diana Rigg (born July 20, 1938) is a British actress. Place Vendôme (1998). The Ninth Gate (1999). Buddy Boy (1999). Streghe verso nord (2001).

Corps à corps (2003). Os Imortais (2003).