The Life & Death of Diana Rigg

Most people of a particular generation probably remember Diana Rigg from her long-time as the gorgeous and brave Emma Peel on the 60s TV show, The Avengers. Others might know her better as the formidable and scheming matriarch Olenna Tyrell in Game Of Thrones.

▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:58 - A Symbol of Strength for Women of the Sixties
01:40 - Diana Rigg’s Avengers Jumpsuit Was Called the Emmapeeler
02:23 - Diana Rigg Embraced Every Aspect of the Swinging Sixties
02:55 - Rigg Spent Several Years on the Stage in the 1960s
03:32 - Diana Rigg Was the only Bond Girl to Ever Marry 007
04:12 - Many Consider Tracy Bond to be the Best Bond Girl Ever
04:47 - 80s Kids Will Remember Diana Rigg as Lady Holiday
05:23 - Diana Rigg Smoked a Pack a Day
05:59 - Diana Rigg is a Dame
06:33 - She Never Retired, Gracing the Silver Screen Right to the End
07:06 - Rigg’s Death in 2020 Left Her Actress Daughter Distraught
07:37 - Outro

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Whatever role Rigg has appeared in over the years, whether on stage, TV, or film, she’s always gravitated toward strong women characters. In fact, the career of Diana Rigg has taken quite a few twists and turns over the decades. This world-famous British actress was a member of the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company way back in 1959 and graced the Broadway stage in 1970. In the 1960s and 70s, she was one of the most remembered Bond girls–in fact, she was the only Bond girl ever to marry the notoriously hard-to-pin-down 007.

Kids of the 80s will remember Rigg as the snobby but well-groomed Lady Holiday, who gave Miss Piggy her break into the world of fashion in the 1981 film The Great Muppet Caper. Right up until the 1990s, she continued on TV in Dickens and Shakespearean reproductions by the BBC, Emmy-winning miniseries. She was in her late 70s and 80s when she appeared in Game of Thrones and the British rural veterinary drama All Creatures Great and Small. Despite her seemingly vibrant wellbeing and endless zest for life, Diana Rigg wasn’t without her health problems. She was a pack-a-day smoker for pretty much her entire life–a habit that may have contributed to her recent passing from lung cancer. She was 82 years old.

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The Life & Death of Diana Rigg