Diana Rigg Biography

Diana Rigg biography

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NAME: Diana Rigg
OCCUPATION: Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Pin-up, Television Personality, Journalist
BIRTH DATE: July 20, 1938 (Age: 74)
EDUCATION: Fulneck Girls School
PLACE OF BIRTH: Doncaster, United Kingdom
ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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Dame Diana Rigg belonged to the Royal Shakespeare Company, played Emma Peel on the 1960s British spy show The Avengers, and was a James Bond girl.

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Dame Diana Rigg was born on July 20, 1938 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, England. She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1965, she auditioned for the popular British TV espionage series The Avengers and landed the role of the shapely, secret agent Mrs. Emma Peel. She continued to perform with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Rigg was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1994.