Diana Rigg

Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg DBE (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. She is probably best known for her portrayals of Emma Peel in The Avengers and Countess Teresa di Vicenzo in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Rigg was born in the South Yorkshire town of Doncaster to Louis Rigg and Beryl Helliwell; her father was a railway engineer who had been born in Yorkshire. She lived in India between the ages of two months... more

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  • Jul 20, 1938 (age 71 years)

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  • 1.74 m (5.71 ft )

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  • Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg
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