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Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, United Kingdom and was credited as a television actor, film actor and university teacher. Death is recorded on September 10, 2020, at the age of 82. Awards on record include Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1994), Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (1994), Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1988) and 2 more.
My Take
Few performers have aged into greatness the way Diana Rigg did. She could have coasted forever on Emma Peel, the rare sixties icon who was genuinely cool rather than merely decorative, but she kept raising the stakes: a Tony for Medea, a damehood, and then, in her seventies, the deliciously acid Olenna Tyrell, stealing Game of Thrones from actors fifty years her junior. What I admire most is her refusal to be sentimental about any of it; she treated glamour as a tool, not an identity. When she died in 2020, British acting lost its sharpest tongue and one of its most disciplined craftsmen.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Diana Rigg
- Name (Japanese)
- ダイアナ・リグ
- Reading
- だいあな・りぐ
- Born
- July 20, 1938 – September 10, 2020
- Origin
- Doncaster, United Kingdom
- Occupation
- television actor / film actor / university teacher / stage actor / actor
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
2. Background
Awards & achievements
- 1994 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play
- 1988 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- 1992 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress
- 1996 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana%20Rigg
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B0
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232876
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Diana Rigg born?
Born July 20, 1938.
When did Diana Rigg die?
Died September 10, 2020, aged 82.
Where was Diana Rigg from?
Diana Rigg was from Doncaster, United Kingdom.
What did Diana Rigg do?
Diana Rigg worked as television actor, film actor, university teacher, stage actor, actor.
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